Professional Engineers Act 2002

This section applies if—

the Minister believes a ground exists to cancel or suspend the approval of an assessment scheme; and

the Minister proposes to cancel or suspend the approval (the proposed action).

The Minister must give the assessment entity for the assessment scheme a notice (a show cause notice) stating the following—

the proposed action;

if proposing to suspend an approval—the period of the proposed suspension;

the grounds for the cancellation or suspension;

an outline of the facts and circumstances forming the basis for the grounds;

that the assessment entity may make, within a stated period (the show cause period), written representations explaining why the approval should not be cancelled or suspended.

The show cause period must be a period ending at least 21 days after the show cause notice is given to the assessment entity.