39 Surrender of licences
Environmental Protection Act 1990 (1990 c 43) | Legislation

39  Surrender of licences

(1)ÌýÌýÌýÌý A licence may be surrendered by its holder to the authority which granted it but, in the case of a site licence, only if the authority accepts the surrender.

(2)ÌýÌýÌýÌý The following provisions apply to the surrender and acceptance of the surrender of a site licence.

[(2A)ÌýÌýÌýÌý A surrender of a site licence may extend to the whole of the land to which the licence extends or to any part of it.]

(3)ÌýÌýÌýÌý The holder of a site licence who desires to surrender it shall make an application for that purpose to the authority [on a form provided by the authority for the purpose, giving such information and accompanied by such evidence as the authority reasonably requires and accompanied by the charge prescribed for the purpose by a charging scheme under section 41 of the Environment Act 1995.]

(4)ÌýÌýÌýÌý An authority which receives an application for the surrender of a site licence—

(a)ÌýÌýÌýÌý shall inspect the land to which the [application] relates, and

(b)ÌýÌýÌýÌý may require the holder of the licence

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