Administrative officers sometimes have broad discretion on permits and / or
licence application procedures, and this may result in a certain degree of unpredictability.
Not exact matches
In its assessment, the Taskforce has made recommendations to continue to submit exploration and prospecting
licence applications to the expedited
procedures process.
It was further asserted that it is an improper exercise of administrative powers to apply the expedited
procedure to all the
applications for exploration
licences, without regard to the question of whether the particular act is an act attracting the expedited
procedure.
The second tier of the previous Western Australian Government's policy was the blanket
application of the expedited
procedure provisions to all exploration
licence applications.
While the Taskforce Paper was not specific, it appears that the recommendations envisaged that, in return for the enactment of a heritage survey agreement requirement, native title parties may be required to give up their statutory right to object when and if the expedited
procedure is applied to exploration and prospecting
licence applications.
The Taskforce Paper recommended that mining lease
applications should be subject to the full right to negotiate processes under the NTA, but that the expedited
procedure should be applied to all
applications for exploration and prospecting
licences.