MCU14/0028 Appendix 2 EnvProtAct 1994

                                                     Environmental Protection Act 1994
              Chapter 5 Environmental authorities and environmentally relevant activities
                          Part 7 Amendment of environmental authorities by application

                                                                                  [s 234]

                     (i)   each owner of land to which the amendment relates
                           (the relevant land) and any other land necessary
                           for access to the relevant land; and
                     (ii) each holder, or applicant for, an exploration permit
                          or mineral development licence over the relevant
                          land for a mineral other than a mineral to which the
                          proposed amendment relates; and
                     (iii) the relevant local government; and
              (b)    publish the notice—
                     (i)   at least once in a newspaper circulating in the
                           locality of the land to which the mining lease
                           relates; and
                     (ii) in another way decided by the administering
                          authority or prescribed under a regulation.
        (3)   The administering authority may decide another way of
              publishing the notice for subsection (2)(b)(ii) only if it gives
              the applicant an information notice about the decision before
              the notice is published.

234      Submission period
        (1)   This section applies only if there is no certificate of public
              notice under the Mineral Resources Act, section 252A, for a
              relevant mining lease for an amendment application.
        (2)   Despite sections 153(1)(g) and 154, the submission period for
              the application is the period fixed by the administering
              authority by written notice to the applicant.
        (3)   However, the period must be at least 20 business days and
              must end at least 20 business days after the publication of the
              application notice under section 233.




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