(1) This section applies if--
(a) a service agreement with a funded service provider provides for a show cause process for a breach of the agreement; and
(b) the chief executive reasonably suspects that the service provider has breached the agreement; and
(c) the chief executive proposes to take action under the service agreement to suspend or stop assistance.
(2) The chief executive must give the service provider a notice (a show cause notice) stating the following--
(a) the action (the proposed action) the chief executive proposes taking under the agreement;
(b) the grounds for the proposed action;
(c) an outline of the facts and circumstances forming the basis for the grounds;
(d) an invitation to the service provider to show within a stated period (the show cause period) why the proposed action should not be taken.
(3) The show cause period must be a period ending at least 21 days after the show cause notice is given to the service provider.