Commonwealth Consolidated Regulations

GREAT BARRIER REEF MARINE PARK REGULATIONS 2019 - REG 120

    The Authority must consider the following in deciding whether to approve the transfer of a permission:

  (a)   whether the proposed transferee is a suitable person to hold the permission, having regard to:

  (i)   the proposed transferee's capacity to engage in and manage, to the Authority's satisfaction, the conduct permitted by the permission; and

  (ii)   the proposed transferee's history in relation to environmental matters; and

  (iii)   if the proposed transferee is a body corporate--the history of its executive officers in relation to environmental matters; and

  (iv)   if the proposed transferee is a subsidiary of a holding company--the history of the holding company and its executive officers in relation to environmental matters; and

  (v)   whether the proposed transferee owes any fee or other amount payable under the Act, this instrument or any other instrument made for the purposes of the Act; and

  (vi)   any other relevant matter;

  (b)   whether the transferor owes any fee or other amount payable under the Act, this instrument or any other instrument made for the purposes of the Act; and

  (c)   any other matters relevant to the proposed transfer and either:

  (i)   achieving the objects of the Act; or

  (ii)   orderly and proper management of the Marine Park.