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 706]

          (3)   Subsection (4) applies if, immediately before the
                commencement, a registration certificate mentioned in
                subsection (1)(a) was suspended.
          (4)   The suspension becomes a suspension of the registration of
                the holder of the registration certificate as a registered suitable
                operator under section 318N.

706        Effect of proposed standard environmental conditions
           prepared before commencement of amending Act
          (1)   This section applies if—
                (a)   a draft code of environmental compliance (a draft code)
                      was prepared under the unamended Act before the
                      commencement; and
                (b)   the draft code includes proposed standard environmental
                      conditions (the proposed conditions); and
                (c)   the draft code is not approved or made under the
                      unamended Act before the commencement.
          (2)   The chief executive may, under section 318D(1), make the
                proposed conditions, with or without changes, as standard
                conditions for an environmentally relevant activity or
                environmental authority, without complying with section
                318C if—
                (a)   public consultation was carried out for the draft code;
                      and
                (b)   the public consultation was carried out in a way that is
                      substantially similar to the requirements under section
                      318C.

707        Deferment of application of s 426 to newly prescribed
           ERAs
          (1)   This section applies to a person carrying out an activity at
                premises if—


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