MCU14/0028 Appendix 2 EnvProtAct 1994

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

                                                                                  [s 309]

              (a)    whether or not the holder must give the administering
                     authority an annual return in the approved form; and
              (b)    that the holder must pay the authority the appropriate
                     annual fee, other than in a circumstance prescribed
                     under a regulation; and
              (c)    that the annual fee payable under the notice must be
                     paid to the administering authority within a stated
                     reasonable time, of at least 20 business days, after the
                     day the notice is given; and
              (d)    that if the holder does not comply with the notice, the
                     environmental authority may be cancelled or suspended.
                     Note—
                        See section 278 (Cancellation or suspension by administering
                        authority).
        (4)   The holder must comply with the notice.
        (5)   If the holder does not pay the annual fee within the time stated
              for payment in the annual notice, the administering authority
              may recover it as a debt.
        (6)   A failure to give the notice by the time stated in subsection (2)
              does not invalidate or otherwise affect the validity of the
              notice.

309      Particular requirement for annual return for CSG
         environmental authority
        (1)   This section applies if the holder of an environmental
              authority for a CSG activity is required to give an annual
              return under section 308(3)(a).
        (2)   The annual return must include an evaluation of the
              effectiveness of the management of CSG water under the
              criteria mentioned in section 126(1)(e) for carrying out each
              relevant CSG activity.
        (3)   Without limiting subsection (2), the evaluation must state—



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