sec.212BConsideration of application for transfer

### sec.212B Consideration of application for transfer The regulator must consider the application having regard to the objects of this Act and may transfer, or refuse to transfer, the special approval. However, the regulator may transfer the special approval only if satisfied— the proposed transferee is a suitable person to hold the special approval; and if relevant to the activities carried out under the special approval, the social licence criteria prescribed by regulation under section 180 (2) (f) are satisfied for the generating plant to which the approval relates. In deciding whether the proposed transferee is a suitable person to hold the special approval, the regulator may consider the matters the regulator considers appropriate. In deciding whether the social licence criteria prescribed by regulation under section 180 (2) (f) are satisfied for the generating plant to which the special approval relates, the regulator must consider the matters prescribed under section 180 (5) . s 212B ins 2003 No. 28 s 31 amd 2024 No. 15 s 184E (sec.212B-ssec.1) The regulator must consider the application having regard to the objects of this Act and may transfer, or refuse to transfer, the special approval. (sec.212B-ssec.2) However, the regulator may transfer the special approval only if satisfied— the proposed transferee is a suitable person to hold the special approval; and if relevant to the activities carried out under the special approval, the social licence criteria prescribed by regulation under section 180 (2) (f) are satisfied for the generating plant to which the approval relates. (sec.212B-ssec.3) In deciding whether the proposed transferee is a suitable person to hold the special approval, the regulator may consider the matters the regulator considers appropriate. (sec.212B-ssec.4) In deciding whether the social licence criteria prescribed by regulation under section 180 (2) (f) are satisfied for the generating plant to which the special approval relates, the regulator must consider the matters prescribed under section 180 (5) . - (a) the proposed transferee is a suitable person to hold the special approval; and - (b) if relevant to the activities carried out under the special approval, the social licence criteria prescribed by regulation under section 180 (2) (f) are satisfied for the generating plant to which the approval relates.