MCU14/0028 Appendix 2 EnvProtAct 1994

Environmental Protection Act 1994
Chapter 13 Savings, transitional and related provisions
Part 17 Transitional provisions for the Environmental Protection and Other Legislation
Amendment Act 2011
[s 669]

669        Registration to carry out chapter 4 activity
          (1)   This section applies if—
                (a)   before the commencement, the administering authority
                      issued a registration certificate to a person and, at the
                      commencement, the person does not have a
                      development permit; or
                (b)   the administering authority issues a registration
                      certificate to a person under the unamended Act as
                      applied by section 668, and the person does not have a
                      development permit.
          (2)   Section 73G as in force immediately before the
                commencement applies in relation to the registration
                certificate.

670        Existing non-code compliant application for a level 1
           mining project
          (1)   This section applies to an environmental authority (mining
                lease) application made before the commencement if—
                (a)   it is a non-code compliant application for a level 1
                      mining project; and
                (b)   the Land Court has, under section 222 of the unamended
                      Act, given a recommendation to the MRA Minister; and
                (c)   at the commencement, the EPA Minister has not decided
                      the application.
          (2)   Sections 224 and 225 of the unamended Act continue to apply
                in relation to the application as if the sections had not been
                amended by the amending Act.

671        Existing draft transitional environmental programs
          (1)   This section applies to a draft transitional environment
                program submitted under section 332 or 333 before the
                commencement if, at the commencement, the administering
                authority has not decided whether to approve it.
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