26Withdrawal of acceptance of environment plan

26 Withdrawal of acceptance of environment plan

(1) The Minister, by notice in writing to the titleholder for an activity, may withdraw the acceptance of the environment plan in force for the activity on any ground set out in subregulation (2).

(2) For the purposes of subregulation (1), the grounds are that—

(a) the titleholder has not complied with—

(i) a provision of the Act relating to environmental requirements; or

(ii) a direction given by the Minister under section 623 of the Act; or

(b) the titleholder has not complied with regulation 9, 10, 20, 21 or 22; or

(c) the Minister has refused to accept a proposed variation of the environment plan; or

(d) the Minister is not reasonably satisfied, after 2 or more requests for modification of a report on environmental performance under regulation 31A, that the titleholder has given the Minister sufficient information to enable the Minister to determine whether the environmental performance outcomes and standards in the environment plan have been met.

(3) A notice under subregulation (1) must set out the reasons for the decision.