(1) The relevant
authority may grant a licence authorising a person to carry out work specified
in the licence.
(2) An application for
a licence must be in a form approved by the Minister and must be accompanied
by the prescribed fee.
(3) A licence may be
subject to such conditions as the relevant authority thinks fit and specifies
in the licence.
(4) The conditions of
a licence may, by notice in writing addressed to the holder of the licence, be
varied, revoked or added to at any time by the relevant authority.
(5) A person who
contravenes or fails to comply with a condition of a licence under this
Division is guilty of an offence.
Maximum penalty: $10 000.
(6) If an application
for a licence relates to work that is to be carried out within a River Murray
Protection Area and is within a class of applications prescribed by the
regulations for the purposes of this provision (which class may be prescribed
so as to consist of applications for all such licences), the relevant
authority must, before making its decision on the application—
(a)
consult the Minister to whom the administration of the River Murray
Act 2003 is committed; and
(b)
comply with the Minister's directions (if any) in relation to the application
(including a direction that the application not be granted, or that if it is
to be granted, then the licence be subject to conditions specified by the
Minister).