147Process on expiry of current bee site licence

147 Process on expiry of current bee site licence (1) Before the expiry of a current bee site licence, the Minister, by notice, may offer the bee site licensee a new bee site licence in respect of more or less the same bee site licence area. (2) The Minister may specify the following in a notice under subsection (1)— (a) the bee site licence fee; and (b) any changes to the terms and conditions of the new bee site licence determined in accordance with subsection (3); and (c) the commencement date for the new bee site licence. (3) A new bee site licence offered under this section is subject to the same terms and conditions as the current bee site licence, unless the Minister imposes, varies or revokes any terms or conditions that the Minister thinks fit. (4) If the bee site licensee pays the bee site licence fee for the new bee site licence on or before the expiry of the current bee site licence, a new bee site licence is taken to have been granted under section 142 on the commencement date specified in the notice under subsection (1). (5) The new bee site licence referred to in subsection (4) remains in force for the period in respect of which the licence fee is paid. (6) A yearly invoice for payment of a bee site licence fee that has been apportioned as an annual sum does not constitute a notice under subsection (1). No. 3709 s. 139. S. 148 amended by No. 8461 s. 31, substituted by No. 12/2016 s. 16.