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 596]

                required period means—
                (a)   if the person is, under section 588, taken to hold the
                      authority—6 months after the commencement day; or
                (b)   otherwise—the transitional period.

596        Notice by administering authority to amend, surrender or
           transfer transitional authority
          (1)   This section applies if the holder of a transitional authority
                does not make an application required under section 595.
          (2)   The administering authority may, by written notice (a
                reminder notice), require the holder to make the application
                within a fixed period of at least 10 business days.
          (3)   The reminder notice must state the following—
                (a)   the application the holder is required to make under
                      section 595;
                (b)   the period fixed for making the application;
                (c)   reasons for the decisions to make the requirement and to
                      fix the period;
                (d)   the review or appeal details for the decisions.

597        Consequences of failure to comply with reminder notice
          (1)   A person to whom a reminder notice has been given must
                comply with the notice unless the person has a reasonable
                excuse.
                Maximum penalty—100 penalty units.
          (2)   The failure to comply with the reminder notice is, for
                applying chapter 5, part 12 to the transitional authority, taken
                to be an event mentioned in section 293(2).




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