MCU14/0028 Appendix 2 EnvProtAct 1994

Environmental Protection Act 1994
Chapter 5 Environmental authorities and environmentally relevant activities
Part 12 General provisions

[s 304]

                (b)   state whether the application is seeking to—
                      (i)    amend the amount or form of financial assurance
                             stated in a notice given under section 296; or
                      (ii) discharge the financial assurance; and
                (c)   if the application is to amend the amount or form of
                      financial assurance—include details of the proposed
                      amendment; and
                (d)   include the information required under a guideline—
                      (i)    made by the chief executive; and
                      (ii) prescribed under a regulation.

304        Administering authority may require compliance
           statement
          (1)   The administering authority may, by written notice, require
                the applicant to give it a compliance statement for the
                financial assurance before deciding the application.
          (2)   The compliance statement must—
                (a)   be made by or for the applicant; and
                (b)   state the extent to which activities carried out under the
                      environmental authority or small scale mining tenure to
                      which the application relates have complied with the
                      conditions of the environmental authority or the
                      prescribed conditions for the small scale mining
                      activities for the tenure; and
                (c)   for financial assurance given for an environmental
                      authority—state whether or not the amount of the
                      financial assurance has been calculated having regard to
                      the criteria stated in a guideline mentioned in section
                      295(3)(b).




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