SEA INSTALLATIONS ACT 1987 No. 102, 1987 - SECT 20 Application for permit

SEA INSTALLATIONS ACT 1987 No. 102, 1987 - SECT 20

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.

(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.