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 698C]

698C Application of ch 5, pt 11A, divs 2 to 4 to conversion
     application
                 Chapter 5, part 11A, divisions 2 to 4 apply to the conversion
                 application as if the conversion application were a suspension
                 application.

698D Effect of conversion
           (1)   This section applies if the conversion application is approved.
           (2)   From the day of the conversion, the former holder of the
                 surrendered registration certificate becomes—
                 (a)   the holder of an environmental authority that has been
                       suspended under chapter 5, part 11A; and
                 (b)   a registered suitable operator.
           (3)   From the day of the conversion—
                 (a)   for a surrendered registration certificate mentioned in
                       section 698A(a)—the development conditions of the
                       development permit become conditions of the
                       suspended environmental authority; or
                 (b)   for a surrendered registration certificate mentioned in
                       section     698A(b)—the       standard    environmental
                       conditions of the code of environmental compliance
                       become conditions of the suspended environmental
                       authority, as standard conditions.
           (4)   The anniversary day for the suspended environmental
                 authority is—
                 (a)   for a surrendered registration certificate mentioned in
                       section 698A(a)—the same as the anniversary day that
                       applied to the registration certificate immediately before
                       the commencement; or
                 (b)   for a surrendered registration certificate mentioned in
                       section 698A(b)—the anniversary day for the
                       registration certificate.


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