16Amendment of permit, conditions or site management plan

16 Amendment of permit, conditions or site management plan

(1)  [Section 16 Subsection (1) substituted by No. 44 of 2007, s. 11, Applied:13 Nov 2007] The Secretary, on the application of the permit holder or an affected person or at his or her own discretion, may amend one or more of the following:

(a) a permit;

(b) the conditions to which a permit is subject;

(c) a site management plan referred to in the conditions to which a permit is subject.

(2)  An application is to –

(a) be in a form approved by the Secretary; and

(b) be accompanied by any prescribed fee.

(3)  The Secretary may require the applicant to provide any further information he or she considers relevant.

(4)  An applicant is to notify the Secretary of any change which affects the information included in an application or provided under subsection (3)  –

(a) before the change occurs if at all possible; or

(b) as soon as practicable after the change has occurred.

(5)  [Section 16 Subsection (5) substituted by No. 44 of 2007, s. 11, Applied:13 Nov 2007] If the Secretary amends a permit, the conditions to which a permit is subject or a site management plan referred to in such conditions, the Secretary is to –

(a) notify the permit holder of that amendment; and

(b) in the case of an amendment of a permit, either endorse that amendment on the permit and the copy of the permit held by each affected person or provide the permit holder and each affected person with a replacement permit or copy of the replacement permit; and

(c) in the case of an amendment of the conditions to which a permit is subject –

(i) endorse that amendment on the permit and the copy of the permit held by each affected person or provide the permit holder and each affected person with a replacement permit or a copy of the replacement permit; or