This legislation has been repealed.
(1) The Director-General may suspend a certification authority and serve a show cause notice on the holder of the authority if the Director-General is of the opinion that there are grounds for cancelling the authority.
(2) A show cause notice is a notice requiring the holder of the certification authority to show cause why the authority should not be cancelled on the grounds specified in the notice.
(3) Without limiting the grounds that may be specified, grounds include that the holder of the authority has failed to comply with a condition of the authority.
(4) A show cause notice is to be in writing and is to specify a period of not less than 21 days after service of the notice as the period:(a) during which the authority is suspended, and(b) within which the holder must show cause as required by the notice.
(5) The holder on whom a show cause notice is served may, within the period allowed by the notice, make written submissions to the Director-General in respect of the matters to which the notice relates.