INDUSTRIAL HEMP ACT 2017 - SECT 16
INDUSTRIAL HEMP ACT 2017 - SECT 16
16—Suspension or cancellation of licence
(1) The Chief
Executive may, by notice in writing to a licence holder, suspend or cancel the
licence—
(a) if
the licence holder requests suspension or cancellation; or
(b) if
the Chief Executive is satisfied that the licence holder has contravened or
failed to comply with the provisions of this Act or a term or condition of the
licence; or
(c) if
the Chief Executive is satisfied that the licence holder or any associate of
the licence holder is no longer a fit and proper person to be concerned with
or associated with the cultivation or supply of hemp or industrial hemp (as
the case requires); or
(d) if
the Commissioner of Police requests suspension or cancellation on the basis of
criminal intelligence concerning the licence holder or an associate of the
licence holder; or
(e) if
the licence holder ceases to carry on the activity to which the licence
relates; or
(f) if
prescribed circumstances exist.
(2) Before suspending
or cancelling a licence under subsection (1), the Chief Executive
must—
(a)
notify the licence holder that the licence holder may, within 30 days before
the licence is to be suspended or cancelled, show cause why the licence should
not be suspended or cancelled; and
(b)
consider any submission under paragraph (a).
(3) If a licence is
suspended or cancelled under subsection (1), the Chief Executive must
notify the Commissioner of Police regarding the suspension or cancellation.
(4) The suspension or
cancellation of a licence takes effect from the day specified in the notice,
or in the case of a suspension, for the period specified in the notice.
(5) A licence holder
may surrender hemp, industrial hemp or other material cultivated under this
Act to the Chief Executive on suspension or cancellation of a licence, and the
surrendered material must be dealt with in accordance with the regulations.