(1) Subject to subsections (2) and (3), the National Ozone Unit shall on or before the 15 January of each year, publish in the Gazette, a quota for the total amount of ozone depleting substances in ozone depleting potential units which may be imported into Saint Lucia together with the upper limit of the quantity of ozone depleting substances that each registered importer is allowed to import for that year.
(2) The quota under subsection (1) must be pro-rated on the basis of historical quantity imported by each registered importer and the total quantity allowed under the Protocol.
(3) The National Ozone Unit shall submit a copy of the quota together with the upper limit for each registered importer as published under subsection (1) to the Minister responsible for Commerce and the Comptroller.
(4) The Minister responsible for Commerce shall not issue an ozone depleting substance licence to a registered importer if the registered importer has already been issued an ozone depleting substance licence in which the total quantity has reached the upper limit of his or her quota for the year in which the ozone depleting substance licence is required to be issued.
(5) Where a registered importer has been assigned a quota under this section and is unable to use that quota within the time specified the National Ozone Unit may by notice published in the Gazette re-assign the quota or the balance of the quota to another registered importer.
(Inserted by Act 10 of 2011)