Presentation of Persons (2003) Regulations

Marginal note:Grounds

• 22 (1) The Minister may suspend or cancel an authorization if the person

  • (a) no longer meets the requirements of section 6, 6.1 or 6.2, as the case may be;

  • (b) has contravened the Act, the Customs Tariff, the Export and Import Permits Act or the Special Import Measures Act, or any regulations made under any of those Acts; or

  • (c) has provided information that was not true, accurate or complete for the purposes of obtaining an authorization.

• Marginal note:Extension of suspension or cancellation to other persons

  (2) If the Minister suspends or cancels the authorization of a person who applied for an authorization on behalf of another person, the authorization of that other person is also suspended or cancelled, as the case may be.

• Marginal note:Notice of suspension or cancellation

  (3) Immediately after cancelling or suspending an authorization of a person, the Minister shall send written notice of, and the reasons for, the cancellation or suspension to the person at their latest known address.

• Marginal note:Return of authorization

  (4) A person whose authorization is cancelled or suspended shall

  • (a) on receiving a notice under subsection (3), immediately and in accordance with it, return to the Minister the written authorization and any other thing relevant to the authorization that is specified in the notice; or

  • (b) on being advised of the suspension or cancellation in person by an officer, immediately return to the officer the written authorization and any other thing relevant to it that is specified by the officer.

• Marginal note:Effective date of suspension or cancellation

  (5) The suspension or cancellation of an authorization becomes effective on the earlier of the day on which an officer advises in person of the suspension or cancellation and 15 days after the day on which notice of the suspension or cancellation is sent.