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 239]

          (7)   The notification stage must be repeated unless the
                administering authority is satisfied the change would not be
                likely to attract a submission objecting to the thing the subject
                of the change, if the notification stage were to apply to the
                change.


Division 5                    Process if proposed amendment is
                              minor amendment

239        Application of div 5
                This division applies if the assessment level decision for an
                amendment application is that the proposed amendment is a
                minor amendment.

240        Deciding amendment application
          (1)   The administering authority must, within 10 business days
                after notice of the assessment level decision is given, decide
                either to approve or refuse the application.
          (2)   The administering authority may approve the amendment
                application if it is satisfied the proposed amendment is
                necessary or desirable.
          (3)   If the administering authority decides to approve the
                application, it may also make any other amendments to the
                conditions of the environmental authority it considers—
                (a)   relate to the subject matter of the proposed amendment;
                      and
                (b)   are necessary or desirable.

241        Criteria for deciding amendment application
                In deciding the application, the administering authority
                must—
                (a)   comply with any relevant regulatory requirement; and
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