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54 Permission conditions
(1) The Authority or a council may issue a permission subject to conditions specified in the permission.
(2) Without limiting subsection (1), the Authority or council may specify that a permission is subject to a condition—
(a) specifying measures the permission holder must take to comply with the general environmental duty when engaging in the permission activity; or
(b) specifying measures the permission holder must take to meet the objects set out in section 111 when engaging in the permission activity; or
S. 54(2)(c) amended by No. 36/2022 s. 34.
(c) ensuring that the permission activity is engaged in consistently with the Victorian Recycling Infrastructure Plan; or
(d) relating to the commissioning of plant or equipment, including the setting of performance standards for the commissioning of plant or equipment; or
(e) relating to the monitoring, testing or analysis of any impacts of engaging in the permission activity; or
(f) requiring the permission holder to provide monitoring data, information or performance reports to the Authority or council, the public or both; or
(g) relating to consultation with the local community; or
(h) requiring the permission holder to report to the Authority or council on compliance with the conditions of the permission; or
(i) relating to pollution incident planning, reporting or responses; or
(j) relating to the cessation of the permission activity; or
(k) requiring the permission holder to provide a financial assurance; or
(l) relating to any prescribed matter.
(3) Without limiting subsection (1), the Authority or council may specify that a permission is subject to a condition—
(a) that the permission activity must only be engaged in at a specified place or using a specified vehicle; or
(b) requiring a person or class of persons approved by the Authority or council to engage in a specified activity.
(4) For the purposes of subsection (2)(f), the Authority or council may specify in the permission—
(a) the intervals of time at which any monitoring data, information and performance reports must be supplied to the Authority or council or provided to the public; and
(b) the form and manner in which that data and information must be supplied to the Authority or council or provided to the public.
S. 55 inserted by No. 39/2018 s. 7 (as amended by Nos 27/2019 ss 12−30, 3/2020 ss 42–44, 47/2020 s. 26).