Atomic Energy Act 1953

The Minister may, in writing, vary a Part III authority if:

a person on whom the authority has been conferred has failed to comply with a condition or restriction to which the authority is subject, or with a requirement imposed by the authority; and

the Minister considers that the variation is an appropriate response to that failure.

The Minister may, in writing, vary a Part III authority by extending the period for which the authority is in force.

The Minister may, in writing, vary a Part III authority if the Minister considers that doing so is necessary to ensure the continued effective operation of the authority.

The Minister may, in writing, vary a Part III authority by specifying in the authority conditions under which a rehabilitation requirement imposed by the authority is taken to be satisfied in relation to the whole, or a part, of the land in the Ranger Project Area.

Subsection 41CH(1) permits a Part III authority to specify conditions of this kind. Subsection 41CH(2) mentions some ways in which a Part III authority may specify conditions of this kind.

However, if a Part III authority already specifies conditions (the existing conditions) of that kind, then a variation of the authority under subsection (4) must not:

vary the existing conditions (other than in minor or technical ways) or remove the existing conditions; or

specify conditions that are inconsistent with the existing conditions.

A power to vary a Part III authority under a subsection in this section is in addition to, and does not limit, a power to vary a Part III authority under any other subsection in this section.