18Grant of permits

18 Grant of permits

(1) Subject to section 19, after considering the Controller’s report, the Minister may, by written notice given to the applicant, grant, or refuse to grant, the applicant a permit to operate the facility during the year to which the application relates. (2) A permit is to be granted in respect of one year only, but may be automatically renewed under section 19A. (3) A permit comes into force: (a) on the day it is granted; or (b) on such earlier day as the Minister specifies in the permit; or (c) on such later day as the Minister specifies in the permit; and remains in force until the end of the year in respect of which it is granted. (4) A permit must set out the effect of section 19A. (5) A permit is granted subject to such conditions as the Minister specifies in the permit. (6) If a permit in respect of the operation of a facility during a year is granted after the commencement of the year and the permit is granted subject to conditions, those conditions only apply in respect of the operation of the facility after the grant of the permit. (7) This section does not prevent more than one permit being granted in respect of a facility other than a Schedule 1 facility. (8) The grant to a person of a permit does not make it lawful for the person to do an act that, apart from this Act, is unlawful under another law of the Commonwealth or under a law of a State or Territory.