MCU14/0028 Appendix 2 EnvProtAct 1994

Environmental Protection Act 1994
Chapter 5 Environmental authorities and environmentally relevant activities
Part 5 Decision stage

[s 174]

          (3)   The administering authority must refuse the application for an
                environmental authority.
          (4)   This section applies despite sections 170, 171, 172 and 174.

174        Applications relating to wild river areas
          (1)   This section applies to an application for a prescribed ERA to
                the extent it relates to a wild river area, other than an
                application for—
                (a)   a sewage ERA or water treatment ERA in a designated
                      urban area; or
                (b)   an exempt prescribed ERA in a designated urban area.
          (2)   The administering authority’s decision must comply with the
                applicable code mentioned in the wild river declaration for the
                area.
          (3)   For an activity that is a sewage ERA or water treatment ERA
                in a wild river high preservation area, the administering
                authority must, in deciding the application, be satisfied there
                is no viable location for the activity outside the wild river high
                preservation area.
          (4)   In this section—
                applicable code see the Planning Act, schedule 3.
                designated urban area see the Wild Rivers Act 2005,
                schedule.
                exempt prescribed ERA means a prescribed ERA prescribed
                under a regulation for this definition.
                sewage ERA means a prescribed ERA prescribed under a
                regulation for this section, relating to sewage treatment.
                water treatment ERA means a prescribed ERA prescribed
                under a regulation for this section, relating to water treatment.




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