Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2025C00160:section:71:p2
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2025C00160
Segment Type: section
Provision Reference: s 71 (pt 2/2)
Character Range: 133028–135152

must:
 (a) state the grounds on which the Digital ID Regulator proposes to suspend the entity's approval; and
 (b) invite the entity to give the Digital ID Regulator, within 28 days after the day the notice is given, a written statement showing cause why the Digital ID Regulator should not suspend the approval.

Exception—cyber security incident or security
 (8) Subsection (6) does not apply if the suspension is on a ground mentioned in paragraph (2)(b).

Notice of suspension
 (9) If the Digital ID Regulator suspends an entity's approval under subsection (1), (2) or (5), the Digital ID Regulator must give the entity a written notice stating the following:
 (a) that the entity's approval to participate in the Australian Government Digital ID System is suspended;
 (b) the reasons for the suspension;
 (c) the day the suspension is to start;
 (d) if the approval is suspended for a period—the period of the suspension;
 (e) if the approval is suspended until a specified event occurs or action is taken—the event or action.
Note: An entity whose approval to participate is suspended remains subject to certain obligations under this Act, including in relation to record keeping (see section 135) and the destruction or de‑identification of personal information (see section 136). Such entities may also be subject to directions from the System Administrator (see section 130).

Revocation of suspension
 (10) If the approval of an entity is suspended under subsection (1), the suspension is revoked if the direction referred to in that subsection is revoked.
 (11) The Digital ID Regulator may revoke a suspension of an approval of an entity under subsection (2) by written notice to the entity.
 (12) The Digital ID Regulator may revoke a suspension of an approval of an entity under subsection (5) by written notice to the entity, if the entity requests the suspension be revoked.

Effect of suspension
 (13) If the approval of an entity to participate in the Australian Government Digital ID System is suspended under subsection (1), (2) or (5), the entity is taken not to hold the approval while it is suspended.