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Natural Environment Bill

Natural resource permits - Market-based allocation processes and comparative permitting processes - Market-based allocation process

205: Right to apply may be transferred

You could also call this:

"You can give your permit application right to someone else"

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If you have a right to apply for a permit, you can transfer it to someone else. You need to tell the regional council or unitary authority in writing about the transfer. The transfer only happens after they get your written notice.

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Environment and resources > Town planningHousing and property > Land use

204: Application of sections 205 and 206, or

"How sections 205 and 206 apply to getting a permit for natural resources"

206: When right to apply lapses, or

"Your right to apply for something ends after 2 years if you don't get a permit."

Part 4Natural resource permits
Market-based allocation processes and comparative permitting processes: Market-based allocation process

205Right to apply may be transferred

A right to apply for a permit may be transferred by its holder to any other person, but the right does not take effect until written notice of the transfer has been received by the appropriate regional council or unitary authority.