Commonwealth Consolidated Acts Commonwealth Consolidated Acts(1) Subject to subsection (2), the holder of an export licence may request the Secretary to suspend the licence in relation to a kind of export operations and a kind of prescribed goods and, if applicable, a place to which goods may be exported.
(2) A request may be made under subsection (1) only in the circumstances prescribed by the rules.
(3) A request under subsection (1) may relate to more than one kind of export operations or more than one kind of prescribed goods and, if applicable, more than one place.
(4) A request under subsection (1) must:
(a) be in writing; and
(b) state each kind of export operations and each kind of prescribed goods and, if applicable, each place, in relation to which the licence is to be suspended; and
(c) state the reason for the suspension; and
(d) include any other information prescribed by the rules.
(5) If the Secretary receives a request from the holder of an export licence under subsection (1), the Secretary must, by written notice to the holder, suspend the licence as requested, with effect on the day specified in the notice.