Despite regulation 27, the following provisions apply in the case of the
cessation of a prescribed activity of environmental significance carried on
pursuant to a licence:
(a)
if—
(i)
the licence has been renewed under section 43(6) of
the Act or is subject to conditions under section 52A or 56(2)(b) of the
Act; and
(ii)
the activity ceased before the commencement of the
current licence period,
no environment management component or flat fee component is payable for that
period;
(b) in
the case of an activity for which the amount of the
environment management component does not depend on an indicator of the level
of activity during the licence period—
(i)
if the licence is subject to conditions under
section 52A or 56(2)(b) of the Act and the holder of the licence
satisfies the Authority that the activity is to cease during the current
licence period, a pro rata adjustment is to be made to the amount of the
environment management component for that period by applying the proportion
that the number of months in that period before the activity is to cease bears
to 12 months; and
(ii)
if conditions are imposed on the licence under
section 52A or 56(2)(b) of the Act during the current licence period
and the activity ceases during that period, the Authority must, no later than
the end of that period, refund to the holder of the licence a proportion of
the environment management component for that period, being the proportion
that the number of months remaining in that period after the cessation of the
activity or the imposition of the conditions (whichever is the later) bears to
12 months; and
(iii)
for the purposes of this paragraph, a part of a month is
to be counted as a full month.