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Protection of the Environment Operations (General) Regulation 2022
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#### 20 Licence fee period—change
20 Licence fee period—change
> > (1) The EPA may, on the application of the licence holder or on its own initiative, change a licence fee period for a licence by written notice given to the licence holder—
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> > > (a) to provide common licence fee periods for different licences held by a person, or
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> > > (b) for another good cause.
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> > (2) The EPA may decline to deal with an application unless the licence holder pays the EPA a reasonable fee of an amount decided by the EPA for dealing with the application.
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> > (3) Despite another provision of this Regulation, if a licence fee period is changed under this section—
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> > > (a) the total of the licence fees for the licence in relation to all the periods affected by the change is the same as it would have been if the change had not been made, and
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> > > (b) the EPA must—
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> > > > (i) make refunds in relation to fees already paid, or
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> > > > (ii) require payment of an additional amount of fees for relevant licence fee periods.
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> > (4) An additional amount payable under subsection (3)(b)(ii) must be paid by the licence holder to the EPA not later than 60 days after notice is given of the change in a licence fee period.