221EProposed variation of licence to be publicly notified

221E Proposed variation of licence to be publicly notified

221E Proposed variation of licence to be publicly notified

(1) The Secretary must, before removing or varying any condition or restriction attached to a licence—

(a) cause to be placed in a newspaper circulating throughout the State a notice—

(i) outlining the nature of the proposed variation to the licence, and

(ii) specifying the address of the place at which copies of any species impact statement relating to the licence may be inspected or purchased, and

(iii) inviting written submissions within a period of not less than 30 days after the date of the notice, and

(b) take into account the matters required by this Division to be taken into account by the Secretary when considering whether to grant or refuse to grant a licence.

(2) This section does not apply if the proposed variation to the licence constitutes a minor amendment only of that licence.

ss 221–221I: Ins 1997 No 153, Sch 1 [9].