New South Wales Consolidated Acts

WATER MANAGEMENT ACT 2000 - SECT 108

108 Surrender of approvals

(1) Subject to subsection (1A), the holder of an approval may surrender the approval at any time by notice in writing sent to the Minister.

(1A) The Minister may, by written notice served on the holder of the approval, refuse to accept the surrender of the approval if the Minister considers it appropriate to do so or in such other circumstances as may be prescribed by the regulations.

(2) The surrender takes effect on the date on which the notice is received by the Minister or such later date as is specified in the notice.

(3) Without limiting section 109, the Minister may--

(a) cancel a surrendered approval, or

(b) transfer the surrendered approval to the Minister or to another person.