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ENVIRONMENT PROTECTION ACT 2017 - SECT 58 Amendment of permission on initiative of Authority or council

ENVIRONMENT PROTECTION ACT 2017 - SECT 58

Amendment of permission on initiative of Authority or council

    (1)     The Authority or a council may amend, on its own initiative, a permission issued or granted by it—

        (a)     to correct any administrative or clerical errors in the permission; or

        (b)     to make an amendment required under the regulations; or

        (c)     in the case of a licence or a permit, to revoke or amend a condition of the licence or permit or to impose a new condition on the licence or permit; or

        (d)     in the case of a registration, to modify the application of the standard conditions to the registration.

    (2)     When determining whether to amend a licence or permit under subsection (1)(c), the Authority or council must take into account—

        (a)     in the case of a development licence, the considerations set out in section 69(3); and

        (b)     in the case of an operating licence, the considerations set out in section 74(3); and

        (c)     in the case of a pilot project licence, the considerations set out in section 78(2); and

        (d)     in the case of a permit, the considerations set out in section 81(3) and (4)(b) and (c).

    (3)     The Authority or council must, as soon as practicable after amending a permission under this section, give the permission holder written notice stating—

        (a)     the amendment and the reasons for the amendment; and

        (b)     the date on which the amendment takes effect; and

        (c)     in the case of an amendment made under subsection (1)(c), that the holder of the licence or permit may apply to VCAT for review of the decision.

S. 59 inserted by No. 39/2018 s. 7 (as amended by Nos 27/2019 ss 1230, 3/2020 ss 4244, 47/2020 s. 26).