MCU14/0028 Appendix 2 EnvProtAct 1994

Environmental Protection Act 1994
Chapter 5 Environmental authorities and environmentally relevant activities
Part 10 Surrender of environmental authorities

[s 256]

256        Notice to owners of transfer
          (1)   This section applies if—
                (a)   an entity is issued a transferred environmental authority
                      under section 255(1)(b); and
                (b)   the entity is not the owner of the land to which the
                      authority relates.
          (2)   The entity must, within 10 business days after receiving the
                authority, give each owner of the land to which the authority
                relates written notice it has been issued the authority.
                Maximum penalty—10 penalty units.




Part 10                       Surrender of environmental
                              authorities

Division 1                    Preliminary

257        Who may apply for surrender
          (1)   The holder of an environmental authority may apply to the
                administering authority to surrender the environmental
                authority (a surrender application).
          (2)   Subsection (3) applies if—
                (a)   the environmental authority relates to a mining activity;
                      and
                (b)   under the Mineral Resources Act, the holder of the
                      environmental authority has sought a conditional
                      surrender of all or part of a relevant mining tenure.
          (3)   A surrender application may only be made for the part of the
                environmental authority relating to land to which a new


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