Exhibited Animals Act 2015

The chief executive may immediately suspend an exhibition licence or interstate exhibitors permit if the chief executive believes—

a ground exists to cancel or suspend the licence or permit; and

it is necessary to suspend the licence or permit immediately because there would be an immediate and significant relevant risk associated with exhibiting or dealing with an exhibited animal if the holder of the licence or permit were to continue to exhibit or deal with the animal.

The suspension—

may be made only by the chief executive giving the holder an information notice for the decision, together with a show cause notice; and

operates immediately the notices are given to the holder; and

continues to operate until the earliest of the following happens—

the chief executive cancels the remaining period of suspension;

the show cause notice is finally dealt with;

56 days have passed since the notices were given to the holder.

Subsection (4) applies if—

the holder of an exhibition licence or interstate exhibitors permit has returned the licence or permit to the chief executive as required under section 141; and

a suspension under this section stops because—

the chief executive cancels the remaining period of suspension; or

the show cause notice is finally dealt with by a decision being made not to cancel or suspend the licence or permit; or

56 days have passed since the notices mentioned in subsection (2)(a) were given to the holder.

The chief executive must give the exhibition licence or interstate exhibitors permit to the holder.