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Offshore Renewable Energy Bill

Regime for offshore renewable energy permits and infrastructure protection - Provisions relating to both feasibility permits and commercial permits - Surrender of permits

57: Application for full or partial surrender of permit

You could also call this:

"Asking to give up all or part of your offshore energy permit"

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If you have a permit, you can ask the Minister to give up all or part of it. You need to tell the Minister which part of the permit area you want to surrender. You also need to say when you want to give it up and explain why if it's soon.

You must explain how you have met or will meet the requirements in section 58 before you give up the permit. This explanation is part of your application to the Minister. The Minister needs this information to consider your application.

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Part 2Regime for offshore renewable energy permits and infrastructure protection
Provisions relating to both feasibility permits and commercial permits: Surrender of permits

57Application for full or partial surrender of permit

  1. A permit holder may apply to the Minister to surrender all or any part of a permit.

  2. The application must set out—

  3. the proposed surrender area, which may be the whole permit area or a clearly identified part of the permit area; and
    1. the proposed date of surrender and, if that date is within 90 working days of the date of the application, an explanation as to why surrender on that date is needed; and
      1. how each of the requirements in section 58 has been met or will be met before the proposed date of surrender.