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Energy Pipelines Act 1981
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9 Terms and conditions of permit
(1) A permit:
(a) comes into force on the day specified in the permit;
(b) subject to subsection (3), remains in force for a period of
12 months commencing on the day referred to in
paragraph (a) and for any period for which the permit is
extended under subsection (2); and
(c) may be granted subject to such conditions as the Minister
thinks fit and specifies in the permit, which may include a
condition for the purpose of minimising the impact of the grant
of the permit on native title rights and interests in relation to
any affected land or waters.
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(2) The Minister may, on application in writing made by the permittee
and served on the Minister before the date of expiration of the
permit, extend the permit for such period as he thinks fit and
specifies in an instrument in writing served on the permittee.
(3) The Minister may, for reasons that he thinks sufficient, by
instrument in writing served on a permittee, cancel a permit as to
the land in respect of which it is in force.
(4) A permit shall not be cancelled under subsection (3) unless the
Minister has:
(a) by instrument in writing served on the permittee, given not
less than 28 days notice of his intention to cancel the permit
and the grounds for his so doing;
(c) in the instrument, specified a date on or before which the
permittee or a person on whom a copy of the instrument is
served may, by instrument in writing served on the Minister,
submit any matter that he wishes the Minister to consider in
connection with the cancellation of the permit;
(d) caused to be published in such newspapers as he thinks fit,
notice of his intention to cancel the permit and the ground for
his so doing and has, in that notice, specified a date on or
before which a person having an interest in land in the area
may submit any matter that he wishes the Minister to consider
in connection with the cancellation of the permit; and
(e) taken into account:
(i) any action taken by the permittee to remove the grounds
for cancellation of his permit or to prevent the recurrence
of similar grounds; and
(ii) particulars of matters submitted under paragraph (c)
or (d) on or before the date specified under the relevant
paragraph.