Victorian Consolidated Legislation

Meat Industry Act 1993 - SECT 22

Suspension or cancellation of licence

22. Suspension or cancellation of licence



(1) The Authority may suspend a licence for a specified period or cancel it if
it is satisfied that grounds for suspension or cancellation exist.

(2) The grounds for suspension or cancellation of a licence are any of the
following-

   (a)  the licensee has not paid any appropriate fee;

   (b)  the licensee has not complied with a condition or restriction of the
        licence;

   (c)  the grounds on which the application for a licence could be refused
        specified in section 18(1)(b), 18(1)(c), 18(1)(d), 18(1)(e), 18(1)(f),
        18(1)(g), 18(1)(h), 18(1)(i) or 18(2);

   (d)  the licensee has requested the suspension or cancellation;

   (e)  in the case of a declared facility, the licensee has not complied with
        a requirement made by the Authority under section 12A.

(3) Before suspending or cancelling a licence under subsection (2)(a) to (c)
the Authority must-

   (a)  give written notice to the licensee of its intention and the reasons
        for it; and

   (b)  give the licensee a reasonable opportunity to make written submissions
        to it on the matter; and

   (c)  if the ground for suspension or cancellation in section 18(d) applies
        to the licensee-

   (i)  state what the licensee has to do to comply with the prescribed
        minimum standard; and

   (ii) specify a period within which that minimum standard must be complied
        with; and

   (iii) be satisfied that the licensee has not complied with that standard
        within that specified period.

(4) While a person's licence is suspended, the person must be taken not to
hold a licence.

(5) If a suspended licence is renewed during the suspension period, the
suspension continues to apply to the new licence.

(6) The Authority may at any time revoke the suspension of a licence.