Northern Territory Consolidated Acts

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WASTE MANAGEMENT AND POLLUTION CONTROL ACT - SECT 40

Duration and renewal of licences

40. Duration and renewal of licences

(1) Subject to this Act, a licence or a renewal of a licence remains in force for the period specified in it by the Chief Executive Officer.

(2) An application for the renewal of a licence is to be -

(a) made to the Chief Executive Officer within the prescribed period before the licence expires;

(b) in the approved form; and

(c) accompanied by the prescribed fee (if any).

(3) The Chief Executive Officer may, on receipt of an application in accordance with subsection (2), renew a licence.

(4) A licence may be renewed subject to the conditions the Chief Executive Officer thinks fit, including but not limited to -

(a) the conditions specified on the licence as originally granted or last renewed; and

(b) any other conditions specified in section 35 and 36.

(5) In determining -

(a) whether to renew a licence; and

(b) the conditions, if any, to be placed on a licence that is to be renewed,

the Chief Executive Officer is to have regard to the matters he or she thinks fit including, but not limited to -

(c) whether the holder of the licence has contravened or failed to comply with a provision of this Act;

(d) the extent to which the holder of the licence has complied with a pollution abatement notice issued to him or her;

(e) the extent to which the holder of the licence has complied with the lawful directions of an authorised officer;

(f) the matters specified in section 32(1); and

(g) in the case of a best practice licence - the matters specified in section 33.



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