Offshore Electricity Infrastructure Act 2021

This section applies if:

an eligible person that holds a feasibility licence has applied for the Minister to grant a commercial licence; and

the Minister is considering whether to grant the commercial licence.

The Minister may, by notice in writing, require the eligible person to do any of the following:

conduct specified kinds of consultations in relation to the application;

prepare a revised management plan for the commercial licence and apply to the Regulator, under the licensing scheme, for the Regulator to approve the revised management plan;

anything else in relation to the application that the Minister thinks fit.

The Minister may cease considering whether to grant the commercial licence until the requirement is complied with.

A notice under subsection (2) is not a legislative instrument.

The Minister must give a copy of a notice under subsection (2) to the Registrar.

The Registrar must include the notice in the Register in relation to the feasibility licence and any commercial licence granted as a result of the application.