60ZZZACancellation of major project permit

60ZZZA Cancellation of major project permit

[Section 60ZZZA Inserted by No. 21 of 2020, s. 12, Applied:28 Oct 2020]

(1)  A person who is –

(a) the proponent of a major project to which a major project permit relates; or

(b) an owner of all or part of the land to which a major project permit relates; or

(c) an occupier or lessee of all or part of the land to which a major project permit relates –

may apply, to the relevant decision-maker in relation to a major project permit, to cancel the permit.

(2)  If the relevant decision-maker receives under subsection (1) an application for the cancellation of a major project permit –

(a) the relevant decision-maker must notify each person, referred to in that subsection, other than the person who made the application, that the person may, within 14 days, give to the relevant decision-maker the person’s opinion as to whether the major project permit ought to be cancelled; and

(b) a person who is given a notice under paragraph (a) may, within 14 days after receiving the notice, give to the relevant decision-maker in writing the person’s opinion as to whether the major project permit ought to be cancelled.

(3)  If the relevant decision-maker receives under subsection (1) an application for the cancellation of a major project permit the relevant decision-maker may, after considering the opinions of persons given to the relevant decision-maker under subsection (2)(b) , by instrument in writing, cancel the major project permit.

(4)  The relevant decision-maker, as soon as practicable after cancelling under this section a major project permit, is to ensure that there is published –

(a) in the Gazette; and

(b) in a newspaper that is published, and circulates generally, in Tasmania –

a notice, specifying that the major project permit is cancelled from a day specified in the notice.