Section 20Part 5 — PERMITS AND LICENCES
Permits
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20. (1) Subject to subsection (6), the Council may, upon written application by any person and subject to this section, grant a permit to such person exempting him, subject to any limitations and conditions specified in the permit, from any of the provisions of this Law as may be specified in the permit.
The Council shall not grant a permit unless it is satisfied that —
in the case of a permit authorising an activity in a protected area, the activity is compatible with any management plan for the area or that appropriate and enforceable conditions can be imposed to ensure such compatibility; or
in the case of a permit authorising an activity with regard to a protected species or its critical habitat, the activity is compatible with any conservation plan for the species or that appropriate and enforceable conditions can be imposed to ensure such compatibility and that the activity will not jeopardise or put at risk any population of the species; and
in the case of both paragraphs (a) and (b), that the activity authorised by the permit —
is justified for scientific, educational or management purposes; crops; or relevant management or conservation plan. Section 21 National Conservation Law, 2013 Page 32 Law 24 of 2013 c
will help prevent significant damage to any critical habitat or
is justified for commercial sustainable harvesting as allowed under a
The Council may, as a condition of granting a permit and having regard to the potential damage to natural resources from the activity and the costs of remedying that damage, require the applicant to —
post a bond in a form acceptable to the Council in such amount as the Council may determine; and
pay a prescribed mitigation fee which shall be applied to the Fund.
The Council shall report the details of any permit granted pursuant to subsection (1) relating to a Part 1 species in accordance with any applicable provisions of the Conventions and shall make available to the public copies of all relevant documents.
Subject to sections 23 and 24, a permit shall be valid for such period not exceeding two years as may be specified in the permit.
This section does not to apply to any activity relating to building, dredging or such other type of works in Cayman waters dealt with in section 21.