PROTECTION OF THE ENVIRONMENT OPERATIONS ACT 1997 - SECT 80
Surrender of licence
PROTECTION OF THE ENVIRONMENT OPERATIONS ACT 1997 - SECT 80
Surrender of licence
80 Surrender of licence
(1) A licence may, on the written application of the holder of the licence, be
surrendered with the written approval of the appropriate regulatory authority.
(1A) If an application for approval of the surrender of a licence has been
made, the appropriate regulatory authority may, by notice in writing given to
the applicant, require the applicant to supply to the appropriate regulatory
authority such further information as the appropriate regulatory authority
considers necessary and relevant to the application and specifies in the
notice.
(1B) Without limiting the grounds for refusal, an appropriate
regulatory authority may refuse an application for surrender of a licence
relating to a scheduled activity if it is of the opinion that--
(a) there will
be an ongoing environmental impact arising from the activity after the
activity ceases to be carried on, and
(b) it is appropriate to manage that
impact through conditions of the licence.
(2) If an application for the
approval of the surrender of a licence is granted or refused, any person may
make a written request to the appropriate regulatory authority for the reasons
for the grant or refusal of the application and the appropriate regulatory
authority is to provide a written statement of the reasons to the person.
(2A) The regulations may make provision with respect to any such statement of
reasons, including--
(a) the time within which a request for reasons must be
made or within which the statement of reasons must be provided, and
(b) the
matters to be set out in a statement of reasons, and
(c) the cases in which a
statement of reasons is not required to be provided.
