SEA INSTALLATIONS ACT 1987 No. 102, 1987 - SECT 26 Application for renewal of permit

SEA INSTALLATIONS ACT 1987 No. 102, 1987 - SECT 26

26. (1) Subject to this Act, the holder of a permit may make an application,
in writing in the appropriate approved form, to the Minister for the renewal
of the permit.

(2) An application for the renewal of a permit shall be made within the last
third of the period for which the permit was issued or last renewed, as the
case requires, but not later than 6 months (unless that period is less than 18
months) before the end of that period.

(3) Where an application is made and the Minister requires further information
for the purpose of dealing with the application, 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 further with
the application until the statement is given.

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

   (a)  where a notice is not served under subsection (3) in relation to the
        application-60 days after the making of the application; or

   (b)  where a statement is given under subsection (3) 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 (3) in relation to the application and the
        giving of that statement.

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

(6) Where the Minister renews a permit with a variation of its special
conditions, the Minister shall give the applicant notice of the variation
setting out the reasons for it.