Queensland Consolidated Acts

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION ACT 1994 - SECT 254

254 Deciding transfer application

(1) The administering authority must consider each transfer application and decide to—

(a) approve the transfer; or

(b) refuse the transfer.

(2) Despite subsection (1) , the application must be approved if the proposed holder is a registered suitable operator.

(3) The decision under subsection (1) must be made—

(a) if the proposed holder is a registered suitable operator—within 10 business days after the transfer application is received; or

(b) if the proposed holder is not a registered suitable operator—when an application for registration as a suitable operator is decided under chapter 5A , part 4 , division 1 .