MCU14/0028 Appendix 2 EnvProtAct 1994

Environmental Protection Act 1994
Chapter 7 Environmental management
Part 3 Transitional environmental programs

[s 333]

          (3)   A requirement under subsection (1) or (2) must be made by
                written notice given to the person or public authority.
          (4)   The notice must state—
                (a)   the grounds on which the requirement is made; and
                (b)   the matters to be addressed by the program; and
                (c)   the period over which the program is to be carried out;
                      and
                (d)   the day (at least a reasonable period after the notice is
                      given) by which the program must be prepared and
                      submitted to the administering authority; and
                (e)   the review or appeal details.
          (5)   A person of whom a requirement under subsection (1) or (2)
                has been made must comply with the requirement unless the
                person has a reasonable excuse.
                Maximum penalty for subsection (5)—100 penalty units.

333        Voluntary submission of draft program
          (1)   A person or public authority may, at any time, submit for
                approval a draft transitional environmental program to the
                administering authority for an activity the person or public
                authority is carrying out or proposes to carry out.
          (2)   A person or public authority may submit a document under
                subsection (1) if it contains or provides for the matters
                mentioned in section 331, even though the document was not
                originally prepared for this Act.
          (3)   The document is taken to be a draft transitional environmental
                program.

334        Fee for consideration of draft program
                A person or public authority that submits a draft transitional
                environmental program to an administering authority for


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