483Authority may amend licence at the request of the licence holder

483 Authority may amend licence at the request of the licence holder

(1) The Authority may amend a licence on the application of the licence holder.

The application must be made in the form and manner required by the Authority and must include any information or document required by the Authority (see regulation 532).

(2) Despite subregulation (1), the Authority must not amend a major hazard facility licence unless the licence holder has paid a fee of 9·3 fee units for each hour the application took to be processed by the Authority.

(3) The Authority must not seek a fee of more than 6570·9 fee units under subregulation (2).

(4) If the Authority proposes to refuse to amend a licence in accordance with the application, it must give the licence holder a written notice—

(a) that states that intention to refuse the application; and

(b) that sets out its reasons for refusing the application; and

(c) that invites the licence holder to make a submission to the Authority in relation to the proposed refusal within a specified period of not less than 14 days.

(5) The Authority must consider any submission made by, or on behalf of, the licence holder in the period allowed before refusing the application.