New South Wales Consolidated Acts

FAIR TRADING ACT 1987 - SECT 60F

60F Secretary may require person to show cause

(1) The Secretary may, by the giving of a notice (a
"show cause notice" ) to a person, require the person to show cause why the Secretary should not, for the reason specified in the notice--

(a) make an exclusion order or restriction order against the person, or

(b) cancel a licence held by the person.

(2) The show cause notice must be in writing and must specify the period (being at least 14 days after the notice is given) in which the person may show cause.

(3) The person to whom a show cause notice has been given may, within the period specified in the notice, make a written submission to the Secretary in relation to the matters to which the notice relates.

(4) The Secretary--

(a) is to consider any submission made within the period specified in the show cause notice, and

(b) may conduct such inquiries, or make such investigations, in relation to the matters to which the notice relates as the Secretary thinks appropriate.