Queensland Consolidated Acts Queensland Consolidated Acts(1) The chief executive may suspend a licence immediately if the chief executive believes—
(a) a ground exists to cancel the licence; and
(b) it is necessary, in the interests of the health or safety of any person, to immediately suspend the licence until the formal cancellation procedure is completed.
(2) The suspension—
(a) must be effected by an information notice given to the pest management technician about the decision to suspend the technician's licence together with a show cause notice; and
Editor's note—
See section 44 (Show cause notice).
(b) operates immediately the notices are given; and
(c) continues to operate until the earliest of the following happens—
(i) the chief executive cancels the remaining period of the suspension;
(ii) the show cause notice is finally dealt with;
(iii) 60 days have passed since the notices were given to the technician.
(3) Subsection (4) applies if—
(a) a suspension under this section stops because—
(i) the chief executive cancels the remaining period of the suspension; or
(ii) the show cause notice is finally dealt with by a decision being made not to cancel the licence; or
(iii) 60 days have passed since the notices mentioned in subsection (2)(a) were given to the technician; and
(b) the pest management technician has returned the licence to the chief executive under section 48.
(4) The chief executive must, as soon as practicable, give the licence to the technician.