Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

SEA INSTALLATIONS ACT 1987 - SECT 20

             (1)  Subject to this Act, a person may make an application, in writing in the appropriate approved form, to the Minister for the grant of a permit to operate a sea installation.

             (2)  An application for a permit to operate a sea installation shall be accompanied by evidence of the fact that the applicant will be the owner or operator of the installation on its installation.

             (3)  An application for a permit to operate a sea installation shall be accompanied by:

                     (a)  copies of construction plans of the installation;

                     (b)  copies of any reports obtained by the applicant relating to the location or construction of the installation; and

                     (c)  any prescribed documents, or documents in a prescribed class of documents, relating to the installation.

             (4)  Where an application is made and the Minister requires further information for the purpose of dealing with it, the Minister may, by notice in writing served on the applicant, require the applicant to give to the Minister a statement in writing setting out that information and, if a notice is so served, the Minister is not required to continue to deal with the application until the statement is given.

             (5)  Where an application is made, the Minister shall consider and dispose of the application within:

                     (a)  where a notice is not served under subsection (4) in relation to the application--60 days after the making of the application; or

                     (b)  where a statement is given under subsection (4) in relation to the application--such number of days after the making of the application as is equal to the sum of 60 and the number of days between the giving of the notice under subsection (4) in relation to the application and the giving of that statement.

          (5A)  However, if Subdivision A of Division 4 of Part 11 of the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 applies in relation to the granting of the permit, the Minister must grant or refuse to grant the permit within 30 days after the day on which the Minister receives advice given under that Subdivision on the proposed grant of the permit.

Note:          Under Subdivision A of Division 4 of Part 11 of the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 , persons considering whether to authorise certain actions must get advice on environmental matters from the Minister administering that Subdivision.

             (6)  Where, in relation to an application, the Minister refuses to grant a permit, the Minister shall give the applicant notice of the refusal setting out the reasons for it.