553. The Société shall, before making a written decision in respect of which it is required to comply with the obligations prescribed by section 5 of the Act respecting administrative justice (chapter J-3), send to the person concerned a notice of its proposed decision which shall mention, among other things, that the person has 12 days from the time of mailing of the notice within which to present observations.
The proposed decision shall become the decision of the Société on the third day following the expiry of such time limit, and shall take effect unless the Société decides otherwise.
The time limit prescribed in the first paragraph may be shortened where the decision relates to the suspension of a licence or class of a licence following a proficiency examination.
In the event of an interruption of postal service, a decision delivered by another means takes effect on the date fixed by the Société.
A decision made under section 192 takes effect at the time indicated in section 193, unless no other suspension or revocation is in effect at the time the suspension is applied, in which case the decision takes effect at the time indicated in the first paragraph.
1986, c. 91, s. 553; 1987, c. 94, s. 81; 1990, c. 83, s. 216; 1996, c. 56, s. 117; 1997, c. 43, s. 173.