Commonwealth Consolidated Acts Commonwealth Consolidated Acts(1) The table has effect:
Cancellation | ||
Item | If there is a ground for cancelling... | the responsible Commonwealth Minister may, by written notice given to the registered holder,... |
1 | cancel the permit. | |
2 | cancel the lease. | |
3 | cancel the licence. | |
Note: Consultation procedures apply--see section 448.
(2) In exercising a power conferred by subsection (1), the responsible Commonwealth Minister must take into account any action taken by the registered holder:
(a) to remove the ground of cancellation; or
(b) to prevent the recurrence of similar grounds.
(3) A cancellation takes effect on the day on which notice of the cancellation is published in the Gazette .
(4) Before making a decision under subsection (1) to cancel:
(a) a cross - boundary greenhouse gas assessment permit; or
(b) a cross - boundary greenhouse gas holding lease; or
(c) a cross - boundary greenhouse gas injection licence;
wholly or partly on the ground set out in paragraph 446(a), the responsible Commonwealth Minister must consult:
(d) if a part of the permit area, lease area or licence area, as the case may be, is located in the coastal waters of a State--the responsible State Minister of the State; or
(e) if a part of the permit area, lease area or licence area, as the case may be, is located in the coastal waters of the Northern Territory--the responsible Northern Territory Minister.