41Cancelling Minister’s permission

41 Cancelling Minister’s permission

(1) The Minister may, by written notice given to the holder of a permission, cancel a Minister’s permission if the Minister considers it is necessary for the purposes of the defence of Australia. (2) Before the Minister cancels a Minister’s permission, the Minister must: (a) give the holder of the permission 30 days’ written notice of the Minister’s intention to cancel the permission and the ground or grounds on which the Minister intends to do so; and (b) give the holder of the permission a reasonable opportunity to submit to the Minister any matters that the holder of the permission wishes the Minister to take into account in deciding whether to cancel the permission; and (c) take into account any matters submitted by the holder of the permission under paragraph (b) and any action taken by the holder to address the Minister’s concerns or to prevent the recurrence of similar circumstances. (3) This section does not limit Part 7.