Waterways Conservation Regulations 1981

An application under section 47(1) of the Act for a disposal licence shall be made to the Minister in the form of Form 7.

The officer receiving an application for a disposal licence shall forthwith endorse thereon the date on which it was received.

A disposal licence granted under section 47(3) of the Act —

shall be in the form of Form 8;

shall, upon payment of the issuing fee and the licence fee as set out in Schedule 2, be issued to the person or body applying for the licence;

shall, subject to section 47(9) of the Act, be valid for one year from the date on which it is issued, but without prejudice to the right of the licensee to apply for a renewal of the licence;

may, where the nature of the operations is not intended to be altered in any way that would alter the quality or quantity of the discharge the subject of the licence, upon application in writing within 60 days before the expiration of that licence containing a statement to that effect together with payment of the licence fee as set out in Schedule 2, be renewed for a further year commencing immediately after the licence would have otherwise expired;

may, in the circumstances referred to in regulation 19(1) and at the discretion of the Minister, be transferred for the balance of its term to another person or body, subject to any conditions upon which it was issued and any further conditions that may be imposed.