sec.180When permit may be cancelled or surrendered

### sec.180 When permit may be cancelled or surrendered A permit may be cancelled if— the permittee contravenes a provision of this Act in relation to the permit; or the permittee has more than 1 conviction, not including any spent convictions, for a vegetation clearing offence, regardless of whether any of the offences were committed on the permit land; or the chief executive, having evaluated the land under section 16 , considers the permit is not consistent with the most appropriate tenure for the land; or for a permit for a reserve—the chief executive considers it appropriate for the trustee of the reserve to manage the reserve free of the permit; or for a permit for a State-controlled road—the chief executive considers it appropriate for the chief executive of the department in which the Transport Infrastructure Act 1994 is administered to control the road free of the permit; or for a permit for a road that is under the control of a local government—the chief executive considers it appropriate for the local government to control the road free of the permit; or the chief executive considers the cancellation is in the interests of the State, having regard to the public interest. A permittee may surrender a permit— on terms agreed to between the chief executive and the permittee; and with the chief executive’s written approval. s 180 sub 2007 No. 19 s 91 (amd 2007 No. 57 s 21 ) amd 2013 No. 23 s 81 ; 2024 No. 12 s 57 (sec.180-ssec.1) A permit may be cancelled if— the permittee contravenes a provision of this Act in relation to the permit; or the permittee has more than 1 conviction, not including any spent convictions, for a vegetation clearing offence, regardless of whether any of the offences were committed on the permit land; or the chief executive, having evaluated the land under section 16 , considers the permit is not consistent with the most appropriate tenure for the land; or for a permit for a reserve—the chief executive considers it appropriate for the trustee of the reserve to manage the reserve free of the permit; or for a permit for a State-controlled road—the chief executive considers it appropriate for the chief executive of the department in which the Transport Infrastructure Act 1994 is administered to control the road free of the permit; or for a permit for a road that is under the control of a local government—the chief executive considers it appropriate for the local government to control the road free of the permit; or the chief executive considers the cancellation is in the interests of the State, having regard to the public interest. (sec.180-ssec.2) A permittee may surrender a permit— on terms agreed to between the chief executive and the permittee; and with the chief executive’s written approval. - (a) the permittee contravenes a provision of this Act in relation to the permit; or - (b) the permittee has more than 1 conviction, not including any spent convictions, for a vegetation clearing offence, regardless of whether any of the offences were committed on the permit land; or - (c) the chief executive, having evaluated the land under section 16 , considers the permit is not consistent with the most appropriate tenure for the land; or - (d) for a permit for a reserve—the chief executive considers it appropriate for the trustee of the reserve to manage the reserve free of the permit; or - (e) for a permit for a State-controlled road—the chief executive considers it appropriate for the chief executive of the department in which the Transport Infrastructure Act 1994 is administered to control the road free of the permit; or - (f) for a permit for a road that is under the control of a local government—the chief executive considers it appropriate for the local government to control the road free of the permit; or - (g) the chief executive considers the cancellation is in the interests of the State, having regard to the public interest. - (a) on terms agreed to between the chief executive and the permittee; and - (b) with the chief executive’s written approval.