Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2025C00022:section:102:p1
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2025C00022
Segment Type: section
Provision Reference: s 102 (pt 1/2)
Character Range: 198409–201159

102  Grounds for revocation—general
 (1) The Secretary may revoke the accreditation of a property (including a property in relation to which a suspension is in effect under Part 5) if the Secretary reasonably believes any of the following:
 (a) the integrity of a kind of prescribed goods covered by the accreditation cannot be ensured;
 (b) a requirement prescribed by rules made for the purposes of paragraph 79(2)(b) is no longer met;
 (c) a condition of the accreditation has been, or is being, contravened;
 (d) the manager of the property:
 (i) failed to comply with a direction given to the manager 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;
 (e) the manager of the property 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;
 (f) the manager of the property or any other person who manages or controls export operations carried out at the property:
 (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;
 (g) the manager of the property has contravened a requirement of this Act in relation to the accreditation of the property;
 (h) a ground prescribed by the rules exists.
Note: A decision to revoke the accreditation of a property is a reviewable decision (see Part 2 of Chapter 11).

Notice of proposed revocation
 (2) The Secretary must not revoke the accreditation of a property under subsection (1) unless the Secretary has given a written notice to the manager of the property 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 manager of the accredited property to give the Secretary, within 14 days after the day the notice is given, a written statement showing cause why the accreditation should not be revoked; and
 (c) include a statement setting out the manager's right to seek review of a decision to revoke the accreditation.
 (4) A notice under subsection (2) is not required to include the request referred