42ZGNotice to be given before suspension or cancellation

42ZG Notice to be given before suspension or cancellation

(1)  The Director may not suspend or cancel an environmental licence under section 42ZF(1) unless the Director has –

(a) at least 14 days before the suspension or cancellation, issued a notice to the holder of the environmental licence –

(i) advising that the Director intends to suspend or cancel the licence; and

(ii) specifying the grounds on which the Director intends to suspend or cancel the licence; and

(iii) inviting the holder of the environmental licence to provide to the Director, within 14 days after receiving the notice, written reasons as to why the licence ought not be suspended or cancelled; and

(b) considered any written reasons provided to the Director under subsection (3) .

(2)  If the Director has complied with subsection (1) in relation to a notice to the holder of an environmental licence advising that the Director intends to cancel the licence, the Director may suspend the licence instead of cancelling it.

(3)  The holder of an environmental licence to whom a notice has been issued under subsection (1) may provide to the Director, within 14 days after receiving the notice, written reasons as to why the licence ought not be suspended or cancelled as proposed in the notice.