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 703]

703        Plan of operations for environmental authority for
           petroleum activity that relates to petroleum lease
          (1)   This section applies for an environmental authority for a
                petroleum activity authorised under a petroleum lease if the
                authority—
                (a)   was issued before the commencement; and
                (b)   chapter 5, part 12, division 1 applies to the authority.
          (2)   The holder of the authority must, within 6 months after the
                commencement, give the administering authority a plan of
                operations for all relevant activities.
                Maximum penalty—100 penalty units.
          (3)   Section 287 does not apply to the holder of the authority until
                the earlier of the following—
                (a)   the day a plan of operations is given to the administering
                      authority for all relevant activities;
                (b)   the day that is 6 months after the commencement.
          (4)   If a plan of operations for the environmental authority is given
                to the administering authority, the administering authority
                may amend the environmental authority to remove any
                conditions that relate to matters included in the plan.
          (5)   However, an amendment mentioned in subsection (4) may
                only be made if—
                (a)   the procedure under chapter 5, part 6, division 2 is
                      followed or the holder of the authority has agreed in
                      writing to the amendment; and
                (b)   the amendment is made within 12 months after the
                      commencement.
          (6)   Section 221 applies to the amendment as if the amendment
                was made under chapter 5, part 6.




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