(1) In this section, “off-Licence period” means, the period during which a License is suspended or cancelled, but such period ceases on the expiry of a suspension.
(2) The Planning Authority or the Authority may suspend or cancel a Waste Management Facility Licence or a Waste Haulage Licence as the case may be, in the event of a violation of a condition of such Licence, which violation poses an imminent danger of environmental damage.
(3) The Planning Authority or the Authority may give notice to a holder of a Waste Management Facility Licence or Waste Haulage Licence requiring the holder to remedy the violation within a period of 15 days and during that period, the holder's Licence shall be suspended and, at the expiry of such period, the Planning Authority or the Authority as the case may be, may cancel a License, if the holder fails to remedy the violation.
(4) Where a Waste Management Facility Licence is suspended or cancelled by the Planning Authority, the holder of the License shall be responsible, during the off-Licence period, for the security of all waste, property and equipment affected by the suspension or cancellation of the Licence, and the authorisation of waste management under the suspended or cancelled Licence shall apply notwithstanding the suspension or cancellation.
(5) The Planning Authority may at any time during the period of suspension or after the cancellation of a License require the holder to allow the collection of any waste as directed.
(6) A holder of a suspended or cancelled Licence who fails to secure waste, property or equipment or who fails to allow the collection of waste commits an offence and is liable on summary conviction to a fine of not more than $100,000 or imprisonment for not more than 2 years or both.
(7) Where the Authority suspends or cancels a Waste Haulage Licence, the Authority shall give directions as to the waste management facility at which any waste shall be deposited and the holder of such suspended or cancelled Licence as the case may be, shall comply with those directions.
(8) A holder of a suspended or cancelled licence who fails to comply with directions of the Authority or to allow the collection of waste commits an offence and is liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding $25,000 or imprisonment for a term not exceeding 2 years or to both. (Substituted by Act 10 of 2007)