Western Australian Consolidated Acts Western Australian Consolidated Acts (1) If the Minister is
of the opinion that the power conferred on the Minister under
section 19B(1) should be exercised in respect of a person, the Minister
shall cause to be served on the person and on any other person who is
considered by the Minister to be likely to be affected by the exercise of that
power a notice in writing —
(a)
specifying the reasons for the Minister’s opinion and that the Minister
proposes to exercise the power; and
(b)
requiring each person served with the notice to show cause in writing within a
period of 14 days after the date of that service why that power should
not be exercised.
(2) A person served
with a notice under subsection (1) may, within the period referred to in
that subsection, serve on the Minister submissions in writing showing cause
why the power conferred on the Minister under section 19B(1) should not
be exercised.
(3) After receiving
and considering any submissions served under subsection (2) within the
period referred to in subsection (1) or, if no submission is so served,
within a period of 21 days after having caused the relevant notice, or
the later or last of the relevant notices, as the case requires, to be served
under subsection (1), the Minister may exercise the power conferred on
the Minister under section 19B(1).
[Section 19A inserted by No. 24 of 1998
s. 14.]