MCU14/0028 Appendix 2 EnvProtAct 1994

                                                       Environmental Protection Act 1994
                                    Chapter 13 Savings, transitional and related provisions
  Part 18 Transitional provisions for Environmental Protection (Greentape Reduction) and
                                                  Other Legislation Amendment Act 2012
                                                                                  [s 698A]

              (a)    amend the environmental authority to give effect to the
                     conversion; and
              (b)    record particulars of the amendment in the relevant
                     register; and
              (c)    issue the amended environmental authority to the
                     applicant.
        (2)   If the administering authority decides to refuse the
              application, it must, within 10 business days after the decision
              is made, give the applicant an information notice about the
              decision.


Division 5A                  Suspended activities

698A Application of div 5A
              This division applies if, before the commencement, a person
              (the former holder)—
              (a)    surrendered a registration certificate for a development
                     permit (a surrendered registration certificate) that, but
                     for the surrender, would be taken under section 677 to
                     be an environmental authority under chapter 5; or
              (b)    surrendered a registration certificate (also a surrendered
                     registration certificate) that, but for the surrender,
                     would be taken under section 680 to be an
                     environmental authority under chapter 5.

698B Application to convert surrender of registration
     certificate to suspension of environmental authority
              The former holder may, within 2 years after the
              commencement, apply (a conversion application) to the
              administering authority to convert the surrendered registration
              certificate to an environmental authority that has been
              suspended under chapter 5, part 11A.


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