New South Wales Consolidated Acts

MOTOR VEHICLE REPAIRS ACT 1980 - SECT 41

41 Show cause notices

(1) The Authority may issue a show cause notice to the holder of a licence or certificate if the Authority is of the opinion that there are reasonable grounds for believing that a ground exists on which the holder may be dealt with under this Part.

(2) A show cause notice is to be given in writing and is to call on the holder to show cause, within a period specified in the notice (being not less than 14 days), why the holder should not, for the reasons specified in the notice, be dealt with in accordance with this Part.

(2A) Subsection (2) does not require the Authority to disclose any criminal intelligence in a notice served on the holder of a licence or certificate because of the matter referred to in section 42 (1) (na) or 43 (fa).

(3) The following persons may, within the period specified in a show cause notice, make submissions, orally or in writing, and adduce evidence, with respect to the matters to which the notice relates:

(a) the holder of a licence or certificate on whom the notice has been served,

(b) if the holder of a licence is a body corporate, a director or officer of the body corporate.

(4) The Authority may, if the Authority thinks fit, conduct an inquiry or make an investigation in relation to the matters to which the notice relates, the submissions made, if any, and the evidence adduced, if any, by or on behalf of the holder of the licence or certificate in relation to those matters.

(5) Any such inquiry or investigation may be conducted in the manner determined by the Authority.