Water Industry Competition Act 2006
8MVariation of licence
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8M Variation of licence
8M Variation of licence
(1) An application for the variation of a licence may be made to IPART for determination by the Minister.
Note.
Section 12 imposes requirements for an application and allows an application to be rejected if the requirements are not complied with.
(2) An application for the variation of a licence may be made only by the licensee.
(3) An application for the variation of a licence can relate to an aspect of the licence, including to a matter required to be specified in sections 8E and 8F, as applicable.
(4) Before determining an application to vary a licence, IPART may require an application audit to be undertaken.
(5) If the Minister is satisfied that a licence contains an obvious error or mis-description, the Minister may grant a replacement licence to correct the error or mis-description.
(6) On granting a replacement licence, the Minister must ensure notice of the grant of the replacement licence is given to the applicant and published on IPART’s website.
s 8M: Ins 2021 No 26, Sch 1[4].