South Australian Current Acts South Australian Current Acts55—Suspension or cancellation of environmental authorisations
(1) The Authority may,
if satisfied that—
(a) the
holder of an environmental authorisation obtained the authorisation
improperly; or
(b) the
holder of an environmental authorisation has contravened a requirement imposed
by or under this Act in connection with an activity undertaken pursuant to the
authorisation; or
(c) in
the case of an environmental authorisation of a prescribed class—the
holder of the authorisation, or, if the holder is a body corporate, a director
of the body corporate, has been guilty of misconduct (whether in this State or
elsewhere) of a prescribed kind; or
(d) the
holder of an environmental authorisation has ceased to undertake the activity
authorised by the authorisation,
suspend the authorisation or cancel the authorisation and, if the Authority
thinks fit, impose a disqualification under this section.
(2) A suspension under
this section may be for a specified period, or until the fulfilment of
specified conditions, or until further order of the Authority.
(3) A disqualification
under this section may disqualify the holder of the cancelled authorisation,
or, if the holder is a body corporate, any director of the body corporate,
from obtaining any environmental authorisation, or an
environmental authorisation of a specified kind, permanently or for a
specified period, or until the fulfilment of specified conditions, or until
further order of the Authority.
(4) Before
the Authority acts under this section, the Authority must—
(a)
notify the holder of the environmental authorisation in writing of its
proposed action specifying the reasons for the proposed action; and
(b)
allow the holder of the authorisation at least 14 days within which to make
submissions to the Authority in relation to the proposed action.