Western Australian Numbered Acts

SWAN AND CANNING RIVERS MANAGEMENT ACT 2006 (NO. 51 OF 2006) - SECT 99

99 .         Trust may amend or cancel river protection notice

        (1)         The Trust may, by written notice, cancel a river protection notice or, subject to subsections (2) and (3), amend it —

            (a)         by extending the period within which a requirement contained in the river protection notice must be complied with if the Trust is satisfied that the circumstances of the case justify such an extension; or

            (b)         by revoking or amending any requirement contained in the river protection notice.

        (2)         The Trust, before exercising the power of amendment conferred by subsection (1), must give the person on whom the river protection notice is binding a reasonable opportunity to show cause in writing why that power should not be exercised.

        (3)         An opportunity is not a reasonable opportunity for the purposes of subsection (2) unless the person is informed in writing of the right to show cause under that subsection not less than 21 days before the day on which the Trust exercises the power in question.