47Making an initial plan approval application

47 Making an initial plan approval application

(1) The holder of a feasibility licence, a research and demonstration licence or a transmission and infrastructure licence may apply to the Regulator, in accordance with this Subdivision, for the Regulator to approve a plan as the management plan for the licence. (2) If the holder of a feasibility licence has applied for, or proposes to apply for, a commercial licence on the basis of the feasibility licence, the licence holder may apply to the Regulator, in accordance with this Subdivision, for the Regulator to approve a plan as the management plan for the proposed commercial licence.

Note: The relevant licence for an application under subsection (2) is the proposed commercial licence (see the definition of relevant licence in section 4).

(3) For the purposes of this instrument, an application under this section is an initial plan approval application. (4) This section does not apply if there is already a management plan for the relevant licence.

Note: If there is already a management plan for the relevant licence, the licence holder may make a plan revision approval application instead (see section 50).