sec.56Permits etc.

### sec.56 Permits etc. Subject to this Act, the chief executive shall have power and authority to grant to or make with any person, exclusively or in common with others, permits (including permits that allow a person to search for quarry material), licences, leases, or other authorities, and agreements or contracts under and for the purposes of this Act and to extend any of the same from time to time and every permit, licence, lease, authority, agreement or contract shall be granted or made or extended subject to the payment by the permittee, licensee, lessee or, as the case may be, the person with whom the agreement or contract is made of such charges, rents, purchase moneys, royalties, stumpages, fees or other moneys, and to such provisions, conditions and reservations as may be prescribed or, in so far as not prescribed, as the chief executive may determine. However, no permit, licence, lease, other authority or agreement or contract shall be so granted or made if it is inconsistent with any existing permit, licence, lease, other authority, or agreement or contract granted or made by the chief executive in respect of the same land. Unless otherwise prescribed, every proposed permit, licence, lease, and other authority, and every proposed agreement or contract, under this Act may be by auction, tender or other method of sale as decided by the chief executive. Subsection (5) applies if a plantation licensee, plantation sublicensee, plantation manager or plantation officer (the decision maker ) exercising power delegated to the decision maker under section 96B makes a decision under this section. The decision maker must advise the applicant for the permit, licence, lease, or other authority, or agreement or contract (each an authorisation ) or the extension of the authorisation that the applicant may apply for a review of the decision under section 83A within 28 days if the applicant is dissatisfied with the decision. In this section, a reference to an authority, agreement or contract does not include a plantation licence or plantation sublicence. s 56 amd 1964 No. 15 s 14 ; 1992 No. 15 s 13 sch ; 2000 No. 26 s 12 sch 1 ; 2005 No. 42 s 52 sch 1 ; 2006 No. 59 s 40 sch ; 2010 No. 12 s 35 ; 2014 No. 41 s 21 (sec.56-ssec.1) Subject to this Act, the chief executive shall have power and authority to grant to or make with any person, exclusively or in common with others, permits (including permits that allow a person to search for quarry material), licences, leases, or other authorities, and agreements or contracts under and for the purposes of this Act and to extend any of the same from time to time and every permit, licence, lease, authority, agreement or contract shall be granted or made or extended subject to the payment by the permittee, licensee, lessee or, as the case may be, the person with whom the agreement or contract is made of such charges, rents, purchase moneys, royalties, stumpages, fees or other moneys, and to such provisions, conditions and reservations as may be prescribed or, in so far as not prescribed, as the chief executive may determine. (sec.56-ssec.2) However, no permit, licence, lease, other authority or agreement or contract shall be so granted or made if it is inconsistent with any existing permit, licence, lease, other authority, or agreement or contract granted or made by the chief executive in respect of the same land. (sec.56-ssec.3) Unless otherwise prescribed, every proposed permit, licence, lease, and other authority, and every proposed agreement or contract, under this Act may be by auction, tender or other method of sale as decided by the chief executive. (sec.56-ssec.4) Subsection (5) applies if a plantation licensee, plantation sublicensee, plantation manager or plantation officer (the decision maker ) exercising power delegated to the decision maker under section 96B makes a decision under this section. (sec.56-ssec.5) The decision maker must advise the applicant for the permit, licence, lease, or other authority, or agreement or contract (each an authorisation ) or the extension of the authorisation that the applicant may apply for a review of the decision under section 83A within 28 days if the applicant is dissatisfied with the decision. (sec.56-ssec.6) In this section, a reference to an authority, agreement or contract does not include a plantation licence or plantation sublicence.