Controlled Goods Regulations

27 (1) If the Minister has reasonable grounds to believe that a registered person or an exempt individual poses an undue risk of transferring a controlled good to a person who is neither registered nor exempt from registration, the Minister shall suspend the registration or the exemption.

(2) The Minister shall revoke the registration or the exemption if he or she determines that the registered person or the exempt individual poses an undue risk of transferring a controlled good to a person who is neither registered nor exempt from registration and that

• (a) a material fact was, with the intent to mislead, deliberately omitted from or misstated in the application for registration or exemption or in connection with a security assessment referred to in section 3.1, 12 or 19; or

• (b) the registered person or the exempt individual is bankrupt.

(3) The Minister shall reinstate the registration or the exemption if, within 30 days after the date of the notice of suspension or revocation, the registered person makes representations to the Minister that satisfy him or her

• (a) that there are no longer grounds for the suspension; or

• (b) that the revocation was unfounded.

(4) If the registered person does not, in the case of a suspension, meet the requirements of subsection (3), the Minister shall revoke the registration or the exemption.

(5) The Minister shall provide to the registered person notice with reasons of any decision to suspend or to revoke a registration or exemption, or not to reinstate a revoked registration or exemption despite representations being made, as well as notice of any decision to reinstate a registration or exemption.

(6) The registered person shall, within one business day after the day on which they receive a notice from the Minister concerning the exemption of a temporary worker, international student or visitor, provide to that individual a copy of the notice.