MCU14/0028 Appendix 2 EnvProtAct 1994

Environmental Protection Act 1994
Chapter 1 Preliminary
Part 3 Interpretation

[s 21A]

                (b)   administrative systems put into effect by the person,
                      including staff training and monitoring and review of the
                      systems;
                (c)   public consultation carried out by the person;
                (d)   product and process design;
                (e)   waste prevention, treatment and disposal.
          (3)   Subsection (2) does not limit the measures to which regard
                may be had in deciding the best practice environmental
                management of an activity.


Subdivision 6                 Prescribed conditions

21A       Meaning of prescribed condition
          (1)   A prescribed condition, for a small scale mining activity, is a
                condition prescribed under a regulation for the carrying out of
                the activity.
                Example of a prescribed condition—
                  a condition about rehabilitating land
          (2)   Without limiting subsection (1), a prescribed condition may
                require the holder of a mining tenure for carrying out a small
                scale mining activity (a small scale mining tenure) to give the
                administering authority financial assurance of an amount
                prescribed under a regulation—
                (a)   before the relevant activity is carried out under the
                      mining tenure; and
                (b)   as security for—
                      (i)    compliance with other prescribed conditions for
                             carrying out the small scale mining activity; and
                      (ii) costs or expenses, or likely costs or expenses,
                           mentioned in section 298.



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