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Weapons Act 1990
sec.135Show cause notice
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### sec.135 Show cause notice
If an authorised officer reasonably suspects that a licensee has failed to comply with a participation condition, the authorised officer may give the licensee a written notice ( show cause notice ).
The show cause notice must state the following—
that the licensee may be required to dispose of a particular category H weapon or class of category H weapon (the proposed action );
the ground for the proposed action;
an outline of the facts and circumstances forming the basis for the grounds;
an invitation to the licensee to show, within a stated period (the show cause period ), why the proposed action should not be taken.
The show cause period must be a period ending at least 28 days after the day the show cause notice is given to the licensee.
s 135 prev s 135 amd 1994 No. 13 s 18
om 2000 No. 5 s 461 sch 3
pres s 135 ins 2003 No. 37 s 64
(sec.135-ssec.1) If an authorised officer reasonably suspects that a licensee has failed to comply with a participation condition, the authorised officer may give the licensee a written notice ( show cause notice ).
(sec.135-ssec.2) The show cause notice must state the following— that the licensee may be required to dispose of a particular category H weapon or class of category H weapon (the proposed action ); the ground for the proposed action; an outline of the facts and circumstances forming the basis for the grounds; an invitation to the licensee to show, within a stated period (the show cause period ), why the proposed action should not be taken.
(sec.135-ssec.3) The show cause period must be a period ending at least 28 days after the day the show cause notice is given to the licensee.
- (a) that the licensee may be required to dispose of a particular category H weapon or class of category H weapon (the proposed action );
- (b) the ground for the proposed action;
- (c) an outline of the facts and circumstances forming the basis for the grounds;
- (d) an invitation to the licensee to show, within a stated period (the show cause period ), why the proposed action should not be taken.