Shire of Plantagenet Cemeteries Local Law 2020
1018GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, WA 22 April 2020
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1018 GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, WA 22 April 2020 (e) do not affect the validity of any licence issued under the local law repealed by clause 1.6 of this local law if that licence is currently in force at the date of gazettal of this local law. (2) In subclause (1)(d), land includes adjoining lots or locations in the same occupation or ownership of the owner or occupier referred to in subclause (1)(d). 1.5 Transitional provisions (1) Within 90 days of commencement of this local law or within 90 days of the date of the annual licence fee of a previous licence becoming due and payable (under clause 3.2), the local government may in respect of the licence— (a) vary or delete a condition; or (b) impose one or more other conditions, as specified in clause 3.1(5). (2) A condition that is varied, deleted or imposed under subclause (1) does not become effective until 90 days (or longer period that is specified by the local government) after written notice of the condition is given by the local government to the licensee. 1.6 Repeal This local law repeals the Shire of Plantagenet Extractive Industries Local Law 2008 as published in the Government Gazette on 11 April 2008. PART 2—LICENSING REQUIREMENTS FOR AN EXTRACTIVE INDUSTRY 2.1 Extractive industries prohibited without licence A person must not carry on an extractive industry— (a) unless the person is the holder of a valid and current licence; and (b) otherwise than in accordance with any terms and conditions set out in, or applying in respect of, the licence. 2.2 Applicant to advertise proposal (1) Unless the local government first approves otherwise, a person seeking the issue of a licence shall, before applying to the local government for a licence— (a) forward by registered mail a notice in the form determined by the local government from time to time to— (i) the owners and occupiers of all land adjoining the land upon which it is proposed to excavate, or within an area determined by the local government as likely to be affected by the granting of a licence, advising of the application and specifying that they may, within 21 days from the date of service of the letter, object to or make representations in writing in respect of the issue of a licence by the local government; (ii) every authority or person having control or jurisdiction over any of the things referred to in clause 2.3(1)(a)(vii) and (viii) within 500 metres from the boundaries of the land, or within an area determined by the local government as likely to be affected by the granting of a licence; and (b) as soon as practicable after complying with the requirements of paragraph (a)— (i) forward a copy of the notice to the CEO; and (ii) publish the notice in a newspaper circulating in the area in which the proposed excavation is located. (2) The local government may, within 14 days after receiving a copy of a notice referred to in subclause (1), cause to be displayed, or require the proposed applicant to display, in a prominent position on the land one or more notices— (a) in the form determined by the local government from time to time; (b) the content, size and construction of which have been approved by the CEO; (c) specifying particulars of the proposed excavation; and (d) inviting objections or comments within 21 days from the placement of the notice. 2.3 Application for licence (1) Subject to subclause (3), a person seeking the issue of a licence in respect of any land shall apply in the form determined by the local government from time to time and must forward the application duly completed and signed by each of the applicant, the owner of the land and any occupier of the land to the CEO together with— (a) Three (3) copies of a plan of the excavation site to a scale of between 1:500 and 1:2000 showing— (i) the existing and proposed land contours based on the Australian Height Datum and plotted at 1 metre contour intervals; (ii) the land on which the excavation site is to be located; (iii) the external surface dimensions of the land; (iv) the location and depth of the existing and proposed excavation of the land; (v) the location of existing and proposed thoroughfares or other means of vehicle access to and egress from the land and to public thoroughfares in the vicinity of the land;