Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2025C00022:section:171:p1
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2025C00022
Segment Type: section
Provision Reference: s 171 (pt 1/2)
Character Range: 315562–318315

171  Grounds for suspension—general
 (1) The Secretary may suspend an approved arrangement, or a part of an approved arrangement, if the Secretary reasonably believes any of the following:
 (a) the integrity of a kind of prescribed goods covered by the approved arrangement cannot be ensured;
 (b) if the holder of the approved arrangement 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 151(2) is no longer met;
 (d) export operations covered by the approved arrangement have not been, or are not being, carried out in accordance with the approved arrangement, or a condition of the approved arrangement has been, or is being, contravened;
 (e) circumstances relating to any of the export operations or goods covered by the approved arrangement have changed;
 (f) carrying out a kind of export operations in relation to a kind of prescribed goods in accordance with the approved arrangement will no longer ensure:
 (i) compliance with the requirements of this Act in relation to those export operations and goods; or
 (ii) that importing country requirements relating to those export operations and goods are met;
 (g) export operations have not been carried out for a continuous period of 12 months or more in relation to some or all of the goods covered by the approved arrangement;
 (h) the holder of the approved arrangement:
 (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;
 (i) the holder of the approved arrangement 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;
 (j) the holder of the approved arrangement, or a person who manages or controls or carries out export operations covered by the approved arrangement:
 (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;
 (k) the holder of the approved arrangement