Western Australian Consolidated Acts Western Australian Consolidated Acts (1) The Minister may
grant to the owner of any ferry licensed under this Division a permit
authorising the ferry to operate, subject to such conditions as may be imposed
by the Minister —
(a) on
any deviation from the routes specified in the licence; or
(b)
temporarily, on any route or in any area not specified in the licence.
(2) Every application
for a permit under subsection (1) shall be in writing in the form
prescribed.
(3) Notwithstanding
subsection (2), the Minister may grant a permit without prior lodgement
of the written application where he is satisfied that sufficient information
has been made available to him to enable him so to do.
(4) A permit granted
pursuant to subsection (3) —
(a)
shall be deemed to take effect upon verbal notification to the applicant that
the permit will issue; but
(b)
shall be deemed not to have taken effect if the written application relating
thereto is not received by the Director General within 14 days of the
Minister’s decision or if the information contained in the written
application differs in a material particular from the information made
available to the Minister prior to his decision.
[Section 47AB inserted by No. 115 of
1987 s. 6.]