151Amendment of permit application

151 Amendment of permit application

[Section 151 Substituted by No. 33 of 2015, s. 20, Applied:01 Jan 2016]

(1)  An applicant in a permit application may, in writing, request the Minister to amend the permit application in respect of a particular relating to the design, type, size, location or purpose of the proposed dam works.

(2)  Section 12A applies to the request as if it were an application.

(3)  The Minister may grant the request and amend the permit application or refuse to grant the request.

(4)  The Minister may only grant the request and amend the permit application if satisfied that the amendment does not significantly alter the permit application.

(5)  The Minister is to notify the following persons of his or her determination of the request and, if the request is granted, of the details of the amendment to the permit application:

(a) the applicant in the permit application;

(b) each person who has made a representation under section 146(1) in relation to the permit application;

(c) the owner of the land in relation to which the permit application is made, if the owner of that land is not the applicant;

(d) if notice has been given under section 145(1)(d) of the permit application to the owner of land adjoining the land in relation to which the permit application is made – that owner;

(e) if notice has been given under section 145(1)(e) of the permit application to a person – that person;

(f) if notice has been given under section 147(1) of the permit application to the Director – the Director;

(g) if notice of the permit application has been given under section 147(1) to the Director of Inland Fisheries – the Director of Inland Fisheries.