Section 21Part 5 — PERMITS AND LICENCES
Building, etc in Cayman waters-permits
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21. (1) Subject to this section, the Cabinet may, upon written application by any person who wishes to carry out any building, dredging or such other type of works in Cayman waters, 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 Cabinet shall not grant a permit unless it is satisfied that —
in the case of a permit authorising the works in a protected area, the works are 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 the works with regard to a protected species or its critical habitat, the works are 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.
The Cabinet may, as a condition of granting a permit and having regard to the potential damage to natural resources from the activity and the costs to remedy that damage, require the applicant to —
post a bond in a form acceptable to the Cabinet in such amount as the Cabinet may determine;
pay a prescribed mitigation fee which shall be paid into the Fund; and
pay prescribed royalties which shall be paid into the executive revenue. National Conservation Law, 2013 Section 22 c Law 24 of 2013 Page 33
The Cabinet 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.
The Cabinet, in accordance with regulations, may delegate any of its functions under this section to the Ministry, Director or to the Council.
Sections 23 and 24(1) to (3) shall apply to a permit under this section and for the purposes where the word “Council” appears it shall be substituted by the word “Cabinet”.