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Environment Protection Act 1997
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86 Show cause why financial assurance should not be
provided
(1) If the authority proposes to grant an environmental authorisation
subject to a condition requiring the provision of a financial assurance,
the authority must give the applicant written notice of its intention to
impose the condition.
(a) specify the grounds on which the condition is proposed to be
imposed; and
(b) specify the amount and form of the financial assurance proposed
to be required; and
(c) invite the applicant to show cause why the condition should not
be imposed; and
(d) specify the date, not earlier than 20 working days after the date
of the notice, on or before which any representations under
paragraph (c) are to be made.
(3) Within 20 working days after the end of the period allowed under
subsection (2) (d) for representations, the authority must—
(a) notify the applicant that the condition is or is not being imposed;
and
(b) if it is being imposed—specify in the notice the date, not earlier
than 10 working days after the date of the notice, on or before
which the financial assurance must be provided.