56Consultation before retiring quota entitlements

#### 56 Consultation before retiring quota entitlements (1) Before the Minister makes a decision on an application under regulation 55 to retire a percentage of an SGG licensee’s entitlement to HFC quotas for calendar years occurring in or after a specified HFC quota allocation period (the retirement period), the Minister must consult industry and the public about the application. (2) Without limiting the ways in which the Minister may comply with the obligation in subregulation (1), the Minister is taken to comply with that obligation if the Minister: (a) on the Department’s website: (i) makes available the application for the retirement, or a description of the proposed retirement; and (ii) invites the public to comment on the proposed retirement; and (b) notifies each SGG licensee (other than the applicant) to whom HFC quotas have been allocated for the calendar years in the HFC quota allocation occurring immediately before the retirement period: (i) that the application or description is available on the Department’s website; and (ii) that the SGG licensee is invited to comment on the proposed retirement; and (c) does not make a decision on the application before the end of the 20 days starting on the day the Minister makes the application or description available under paragraph (a). (3) A failure to consult as required by subregulation (1) does not invalidate a decision under this Division.