ENVIRONMENTAL OFFSETS REGULATION 2014 - REG 14
Identification and registration of advanced offsets—Act, ss 90(1)(b) and 93(2)(b)
ENVIRONMENTAL OFFSETS REGULATION 2014 - REG 14
Identification and registration of advanced offsets—Act, ss 90(1)(b) and 93(2)(b)
14 Identification and registration of advanced offsets—Act, ss 90(1)(b) and
93(2)(b)
(1) An owner of land may apply to the decision-maker in the approved form for
an area of land to be identified as an advanced offset.
(2) In deciding the
application, the decision-maker must have regard to any relevant environmental
offsets policy.
(3) The decision-maker may—
(a) approve the identification
of an area of land as an advanced offset; or
(b) approve the identification
of part of an area of land as an advanced offset; or
(c) refuse the
identification of an area of land as an advanced offset.
(4) As soon as
practicable after the decision to approve the identification of an area of
land as an advanced offset is made, the decision-maker must register the area
as an advanced offset in the register kept under section 90 of the Act .
(5)
If the decision-maker decides to refuse the application, the decision-maker
must, as soon as practicable after making the decision, give the applicant an
information notice about the decision.
(6) An owner of land may, at any time,
apply to the decision-maker in the approved form for an area of land
registered as an advanced offset to no longer be identified as an advanced
offset and to be removed from the register.
(7) As soon as practicable after
an application under subsection (6) is made, the decision-maker must ensure
that the record for the advanced offset in the register kept under section 90
of the Act is removed.