Determining applications for variation of authority
20 Determining applications for variation of authority
After considering an application for a variation of authority, and any additional information furnished under section 19(7), the authorising officer —
may vary the authority in accordance with the application, or part of the application, either unconditionally or subject to conditions; or
may refuse the application.
Sections 12, 13 and 14 apply to an application for a variation of authority under this section in the same way as they apply to an application for authority under section 11.
Without limiting subsection (2), a variation of authority must not be granted unless the authorising officer is satisfied on reasonable grounds that the variation will not authorise a significant alteration of the nature of the authorised operation concerned.
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