MCU14/0028 Appendix 2 EnvProtAct 1994

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

[s 342]

                (a)   the draft of the program submitted under section 332 or
                      333, as amended at the request, or with the agreement,
                      of the administering authority;
                (b)   any conditions imposed on the program by the
                      administering authority.

342        Substantial compliance with Act may be accepted as
           compliance
          (1)   This section applies if, under this Act, a person or public
                authority is required to give public notice of the submission of
                a transitional environmental program and the administering
                authority is not satisfied public notice has been properly
                given.
          (2)   The administering authority may consider and decide whether
                to approve the draft program if it is satisfied there has been
                substantial compliance with this Act.

343        Failure to approve draft program taken to be refusal
                If the administering authority fails to decide whether to
                approve or refuse a transitional environmental program within
                the time it is required to make a decision on the program, the
                failure is taken to be a decision by the authority to refuse to
                approve the program at the end of the time.

343A Notation of approval of transitional environmental
     program on particular environmental authorities
          (1)   This section applies for a draft transitional environmental
                program relating to an environmental authority.
          (2)   If the draft transitional environmental program is approved,
                the administering authority must—
                (a)   include a note in the environmental authority which
                      states—



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