2022-02-08 - S&O Agenda - Item 1 - ATTACHMENT 2 - 2021 DELEGATIONS OF AUTHORITY ANNUAL REVIEW REPORT UPDATED

DESCRIPTION OF POWER DELEGATED                                                     LEGISLATION

Power, as an administering authority, to make a written request to an applicant    Section 265
to give further information needed to assess an application to surrender an
environmental authority.
Power, as an administering authority, to approve or refuse a surrender             Section 266
application.

Power, as an administering authority, to:-                                         Sections 278,
   (a)     cancel or suspend an environmental authority if an event mentioned      279, 280, 281,
           in section 278(2) has occurred;                                         282, and 283
   (b)     follow the procedures in Chapter 5, Part 11, Division 2; and to         and 284
   (c)     give notice of the decision; and
   (d)     record the action in the relevant register.
Power, as an administering authority, to approve or refuse an application made     Section 284C
by the holder of an environmental authority to suspend the environmental
authority.
Power, as an administering authority, to impose a condition on an Section 292
environmental authority requiring the holder to give financial assurances as
security for compliance with the environmental authority and for costs or
expenses mentioned in section 298.
Power, as an administering authority, to decide the amount and form of financial   Section 295
assurance required under a condition of an environmental authority.
Power, as an administering authority, to give notice of the decision under         Section 296
section 295(1).
Power, as an administering authority, to decide to make a claim on or realise a Section 301
financial assurance.

Power, as an administering authority, to by written notice require an applicant    Section 304
to give a compliance statement for a financial assurance before deciding an
application to amend or discharge the financial assurance.
Power, as an administering authority, to approve or refuse an application by the Section 305
holder of an environmental authority to amend the amount or form of a financial
assurance stated in a notice given under section 296 or to discharge a financial
assurance.
Power, as an administering authority, to require a change of the amount of a       Section 306
financial assurance.
Power, as an administering authority to, in the circumstances referred to in       Section 307
subsection (1), give notice stating how much of the financial assurance has
been used and requiring it be replenished.
Power, as the administering authority, to recover from the holder of an            Section 308
environmental authority as a debt, outstanding annual fees.

Power, as an administering authority, to change the anniversary day for an         Section 310
environmental authority for which an annual fee is prescribed, in the
circumstances provided for by section 310(1)(a) and 310(1)(b).
Power, as an administering authority, to change an anniversary day for an          Section 311
environmental authority.
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