Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2025C00022:section:171:p2
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2025C00022
Segment Type: section
Provision Reference: s 171 (pt 2/2)
Character Range: 318050–319927

or to another person performing functions or exercising powers under this Act; or
 (iii) gave false, misleading or incomplete information or documents to the Secretary or the Department under a prescribed agriculture law;
 (k) the holder of the approved arrangement has contravened a requirement of this Act in relation to the approved arrangement;
 (l) a ground prescribed by the rules exists.
Note 1: A suspension must not be for more than 12 months (see section 174).
Note 2: A decision to suspend an approved arrangement, or a part of an approved arrangement, under this section is a reviewable decision (see Part 2 of Chapter 11).

Notice of proposed suspension
 (2) The Secretary must not suspend an approved arrangement, or a part of an approved arrangement, under subsection (1) unless the Secretary has given a written notice to the holder of the approved arrangement in accordance with subsection (3).
 (3) A notice under subsection (2) must:
 (a) specify whether the whole of the approved arrangement is proposed to be suspended, or whether a part of the approved arrangement is proposed to be suspended and, if so, which part; and
 (b) specify the grounds for the proposed suspension; and
 (c) subject to subsection (4), request the holder of the approved arrangement to give the Secretary, within 14 days after the day the notice is given, a written statement showing cause why the approved arrangement, or the part of the approved arrangement, should not be suspended as proposed; and
 (d) include a statement setting out the holder's right to seek review of a decision to suspend the approved arrangement, or the part of the approved arrangement, as proposed.
 (4) A notice under subsection (2) is not required to include the request referred to in paragraph (3)(c) if the Secretary reasonably believes that the grounds for the suspension are serious and urgent.