MCU14/0028 Appendix 2 EnvProtAct 1994

Environmental Protection Act 1994
Chapter 13 Savings, transitional and related provisions
Part 2 Transitional provisions for Environmental Protection and Other Legislation
Amendment Act 2000
[s 587]

587        Conditions of environmental authority
          (1)   The conditions of an environmental authority that, under
                section 586 or 586A, is taken to be an environmental authority
                (mining activities) are as follows—
                (a)   the conditions of the authority immediately before the
                      commencement day;
                (b)   each condition of a relevant mining tenement that, had
                      an environmental authority (mining activities) been
                      granted for the relevant mining activity on the
                      commencement day, would reasonably be expected to
                      be a condition of the environmental authority (mining
                      activities);
                (c)   any financial assurance condition imposed on the
                      authority under section 598;
                (d)   another condition prescribed under a regulation.
          (2)   If under subsection (1)(b) a condition of a relevant mining
                tenement becomes a condition of the authority, it ceases to
                have effect as a condition of the tenement.
          (3)   Subsection (2) applies despite the Mineral Resources Act.


Subdivision 3                 Existing mining activities without
                              environmental authority

588        New environmental authority (mining activities) for
           existing activities
          (1)   This section applies              if,   immediately        before    the
                commencement day—
                (a)   a person holds a mining tenement; and
                (b)   there is no environmental authority in force for any
                      mining activity authorised under the mining tenement.
          (2)   On the commencement day, the person, is taken to hold a
                single environmental authority (mining activities) for all
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