Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2025C00022:section:212:p1
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2025C00022
Segment Type: section
Provision Reference: s 212 (pt 1/2)
Character Range: 381130–383780

212  Grounds for revocation—general
 (1) The Secretary may revoke an export licence (including a licence that is suspended wholly or in part under Part 5) if the Secretary reasonably believes any of the following:
 (a) the integrity of a kind of prescribed goods covered by the licence cannot be ensured;
 (b) if the holder of the licence is a kind of person who is required by rules made for the purposes of section 373 to be a fit and proper person for the purposes of this Chapter—the holder is not a fit and proper person;
 (c) a requirement referred to in subsection 191(2) is no longer met;
 (d) a condition of the licence has been, or is being, contravened;
 (e) the holder of the licence:
 (i)  failed to comply with a direction given to the holder by an authorised officer or the Secretary; or
 (ii) failed to comply with a request by an authorised officer to provide information or a document; or
 (iii) failed to provide facilities and assistance to an auditor as required by section 271; or
 (iv) failed to comply with a request made by an auditor under section 272;
 (f) the holder of the licence has engaged in conduct that:
 (i) intimidated a person performing functions or exercising powers under this Act; or
 (ii) hindered or prevented a person from performing functions or exercising powers under this Act;
 (g) the holder of the licence or any other person who participates in the management or control of the holder's export business (as provided by section 220):
 (i) made a false, misleading or incomplete statement in an application under this Chapter; or
 (ii) gave false, misleading or incomplete information or documents to the Secretary 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;
 (h) the holder of the licence is or was an associate of a person referred to in paragraph 221(1)(a), (b), (c) or (d);
 (i) the holder of the licence has contravened a requirement of this Act in relation to the licence;
 (j) a ground prescribed by the rules exists.
Note: A decision to revoke an export licence under this section is a reviewable decision (see Part 2 of Chapter 11).

Notice of proposed revocation
 (2) The Secretary must not revoke an export licence under subsection (1) unless the Secretary has given a written notice to the holder of the licence in accordance with subsection (3).
 (3) A notice under subsection (2) must:
 (a) specify the grounds for the proposed revocation; and
 (b) subject to subsection (4), request the holder of the export