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 699]


Division 6                   Financial assurance

699      Existing financial assurance requirement
        (1)   This section applies if, before the commencement, the
              administering authority required—
              (a)    the giving of financial assurance under former section
                     312O(2) or 312P(1)(a); or
              (b)    a change to financial assurance under former section
                     312P(1)(b).
        (2)   From the commencement, the requirement continues to apply.
        (3)   The holder of an environmental authority to which a
              requirement applies must not carry out the relevant activity
              under the environmental authority until the financial
              assurance is given.
              Maximum penalty—1665 penalty units.


Division 7                   Provisions about codes of practice

700      Existing codes of practice
        (1)   This section applies for a code of practice (an existing code of
              practice) approved under former section 548 before the
              commencement.
        (2)   On the commencement, the existing code of practice becomes
              a code of practice under section 318E.
        (3)   However, despite section 318E(4), an existing code of practice
              expires 2 years after the commencement.




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