MCU14/0028 Appendix 2 EnvProtAct 1994

                                                          Environmental Protection Act 1994
                                      Chapter 13 Savings, transitional and related provisions
Part 5 Transitional provisions for Environmental Protection Legislation Amendment Act 2003

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         (5)    To remove any doubt, it is declared that the registration
                certificate does not limit or otherwise affect subsection (2)(a)
                or (b).

625       Effect of commencement on applications for
          development approvals for level 2 environmentally
          relevant activities
         (1)    Subsection (2) applies for an application for a development
                approval for a level 2 chapter 4 activity that had not lapsed
                immediately before the commencement of this section.
         (2)    Before carrying out the activity under the development
                approval, the person who proposes to carry out the activity
                must obtain a registration certificate.

626       Effect of commencement on particular applications in
          progress
         (1)    This section applies to—
                (a)    an application for an environmental authority for a
                       chapter 4 activity not decided before the commencement
                       of this section, including an application mentioned in
                       section 611; or
                (b)    an application to amend, surrender or transfer an
                       environmental authority for a chapter 4 activity not
                       decided before the commencement of this section.
         (2)    From the commencement—
                (a)    processing of the application and all matters incidental
                       to the processing must proceed as if the Environmental
                       Protection Legislation Amendment Act 2003 had not
                       been enacted; and
                (b)    any environmental authority granted, amended or
                       transferred is taken to be an environmental authority to
                       which section 619 applies.
         (3)    However, subsection (4) applies for an application mentioned
                in subsection (1) if—
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