25Procedures for voluntary cancellation of registration of biodiversity project

25 Procedures for voluntary cancellation of registration of biodiversity project

(1) Rules made for the purposes of subsection 23(1) or 24(1) may make provision for or in relation to any or all of the following matters: (a) applications for cancellation under those rules; (b) the approval by the Regulator of a form for such an application; (c) information that must accompany such an application; (d) documents that must accompany such an application; (e) verification by statutory declaration of statements in such an application; (f) consents that must be obtained for the making of such an application; (g) authorising a person to issue a certificate to certify a matter in relation to such an application; (h) the fee (if any) that must accompany such an application; (i) the withdrawal of such an application; (j) empowering the Regulator: (i) to require an applicant to give the Regulator further information in connection with such an application; and (ii) if the applicant breaches the requirement—to refuse to consider the application, or to refuse to take any action, or any further action, in relation to the application. (2) Subsection (1) does not limit subsection 23(1) or 24(1). (3) A fee mentioned in paragraph (1)(h) must not be such as to amount to taxation. (4) Rules made for the purposes of subsection 23(1) or 24(1): (a) must provide that, if the registration of a registered biodiversity project is cancelled in accordance with those rules, the Regulator must give notice of the cancellation to: (i) the applicant for the cancellation; and (ii) if there is a relevant land registration official in relation to the project—the relevant land registration official; and (iii) in a case where the registration was cancelled under rules made for the purposes of subsection 23(1), and the biodiversity certificate mentioned in paragraph 23(2)(a) is held by a person other than the applicant—the holder of the certificate; and (b) may require the Regulator to give notice of the cancellation to other people. (5) Rules made for the purposes of subsection 23(1) or 24(1) must provide that, if the Regulator decides to refuse to cancel the registration of a registered biodiversity project in accordance with an application for cancellation under those rules, the Regulator must give written notice of the decision to the applicant for the cancellation.