Northern Territory Numbered Regulations Northern Territory Numbered Regulations(1) The regulator may, on its own initiative, amend a major hazard facility licence, including by amending the licence to:
(a) vary or delete a condition of the licence; or
(b) impose a new condition on the licence.
(2) If the regulator proposes to amend a licence, the regulator must give the operator a written notice:
(a) setting out the proposed amendment and the reasons for it; and
(b) advising the operator that the operator may, by a specified date (being not less than 28 days after giving the notice), make a submission to the regulator in relation to the proposed amendment.
(3) After the date specified in a notice under subregulation (2), the regulator must:
(a) if the operator has made a submission in relation to the proposed amendment – consider that submission; and
(b) whether or not the operator has made a submission – decide:
(i) to make the proposed amendment; or
(ii) not to make any amendment; or
(iii) to make a different amendment that results from consideration of any submission made by the operator; and
(c) within 14 days after making that decision, give the operator written notice that:
(i) sets out the amendment if any; and
(ii) if a submission was made in relation to the proposed amendment – sets out the regulator's reasons for making the amendment; and
(iii) specifies the date (being not less than 28 days after the operator is given the notice) on which the amendment, if any, takes effect.
Note for regulation 589
A decision to amend a licence is a reviewable decision (see regulation 676).