PART 4Licences
Surrender of licence15
1
A licence may be surrendered by its holder to the Department in accordance with this regulation.
2
A licence may only be surrendered if the Department accepts it.
3
Where the holder of a licence desires to surrender it, he shall make an application to the Department on a form provided by the Department for the purpose and accompanied by such information in such form as the Department may reasonably require.
4
On receiving an application under paragraph (3) the Department shall determine whether the cessation of the activity to which the licence relates is likely to have a significant adverse impact on the water environment.
5
Regulation 9 applies with the necessary modifications to an application under paragraph (3) as it applies to an application under regulation 8.
6
If the Department is satisfied that the cessation of the controlled activity to which the application relates is unlikely to have a significant adverse impact on the water environment, the Department shall accept the surrender of the licence; but otherwise the Department shall refuse to accept it.
7
Where the surrender of a licence is accepted under this regulation the Department shall issue to the applicant, with the notice of its determination, a certificate stating that it is satisfied as mentioned in paragraph (6) and, on the issue of that certificate, the licence shall cease to have effect.