67Suspension or cancellation of authorisation

67 Suspension or cancellation of authorisation

67 Suspension or cancellation of authorisation

(1) Essential Energy may, by written notice served on the holder of an authorisation, suspend or cancel the authorisation if satisfied of one or more of the following—

(a) the holder of the authorisation—

(i) has failed to comply with a direction or requirement under the Act or this regulation, or

(ii) has contravened the Act or this regulation, whether or not the holder is prosecuted or convicted for the contravention, or

(iii) has contravened a law of this or another Australian jurisdiction, whether the contravention is an offence or the holder has been prosecuted or convicted for the contravention, in relation to the following—

(A) the discharge of a substance into a sewerage system,

(B) an authorisation or an equivalent authorisation,

(C) fraud or dishonesty, including providing false or misleading information,

(b) the holder of the authorisation has applied in the approved form by Essential Energy for the authorisation to be suspended or cancelled,

(c) the authorisation was granted in error,

(d) for a plumbing permit—the owner of the land on which the work authorised by the plumbing permit relates to has applied for the permit to be suspended or cancelled.

(2) The notice must specify the following—

(a) the date or time from which the suspension or cancellation takes effect,

(b) for a suspension—the period of the suspension,

(c) the grounds for the suspension or cancellation.

(3) Essential Energy may suspend or cancel the authorisation unconditionally or subject to conditions.

(4) The conditions may include, but are not limited to, conditions to which the approval was subject immediately before the approval was suspended or cancelled.

(5) Essential Energy may, by written notice given to the former holder of the authorisation—