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 616A]

                             (A)    an environmental management overview
                                    strategy, however called, for the lease;
                             (B)    a plan of operations for the lease under part 7
                                    of the pre-amended MRA or, if there is no
                                    plan of operations in force for the lease
                                    immediately before the commencement, the
                                    most recently expired plan of operations for
                                    the lease under part 7 of the pre-amended
                                    MRA.
           (2)   For deciding, under subsection (1)(c), the most recent version
                 of a planning document mentioned in subsection (1)(c)(ii),
                 section 585(2) and (3) applies as if—
                 (a)   a reference to the Mineral Resources Act were a
                       reference to the pre-amended MRA; and
                 (b)   a reference to the MRA department were a reference to
                       the department through which the pre-amended MRA
                       was administered.
           (3)   In this section—
                 requirement       includes     a    commitment,        obligation    or
                 undertaking.

616A EPA provisions prevail
           (1)   Subsection (2) applies if there is an inconsistency between—
                 (a)   a provision of the current Act (an EPA provision); and
                 (b)   a provision of a special agreement Act.
           (2)   To remove any doubt, it is declared that the EPA provision
                 prevails to the extent of the inconsistency.




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