Given that waste licences issued by the EPA include provisions in relation to post-closure after care of waste facilities, it is no longer necessary that the EPA should be required to review a waste licence in every case where an activity ceases. Accordingly, amendment No. 42 changes the current mandatory requirement in this regard and gives the agency discretion in the matter. At the same time, however, amendment No. 45 provides that while licences shall cease to have effect after three years have elapsed since the cessation of an activity, it makes clear that the cessation of a licence does not affect or diminish the conditions, obligations or requirements the licence places on the licensee.