Waste Management and Resource Recovery Act 2016

A licensee may surrender a licence by giving the waste manager written notice (a surrender notice) of an intention to surrender the licence.

A surrender notice—

must include the following information:

the name of the licensee;

the unique number for the surrendered licence;

the day on which the surrender notice is given to the waste manager by the licensee;

any other information prescribed by regulation; and

may nominate a day, that is on or after the day on which the surrender notice is given to the waste manager, on which the licensee wishes the surrender to take effect.

The surrender of a licence takes effect on whichever of the following happens first—

the day that is—

if the surrender notice does not nominate a day on which the surrender takes effect—28 days after the day the surrender notice is given to the waste manager; or

if the surrender notice does nominate a day on which the surrender takes effect—the later of—

the nominated day; and

the day the surrender notice is given to the waste manager; and

if the licensee fails to pay the fee for the licence that is the subject of the surrender notice on the day (the payment day) the fee for the licence next becomes payable—the day after the payment day.

Note The day on which a licence ends is determined under s 29.