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 707B]

707B Eligibility criteria prescribed for mining activities
           (1)   A regulation may prescribe eligibility criteria for a mining
                 activity.
           (2)   Eligibility criteria for a mining activity that are prescribed
                 under subsection (1) are in addition to any eligibility criteria
                 for the mining activity that are in effect under section
                 707A(2)(a).
           (3)   This section expires 3 years after the commencement.
           (4)   This section is declared to be a law to which the Acts
                 Interpretation Act 1954, section 20A applies.

708        References to chapter 4 activity, development approval or
           registration certificate
           (1)   A reference in an Act to a chapter 4 activity may, if the
                 context permits, be taken to be a reference to a prescribed
                 ERA.
           (2)   A reference in an Act to a development approval or
                 registration certificate that is in effect for a chapter 4 activity
                 may, if the context permits, be taken to be a reference to the
                 environmental authority under section 677 or 680.

709        References to former chapters 5 and 5A
           (1)   A reference in an Act or a document to former chapter 5 or 5A
                 may, if the context permits, be taken to be a reference to
                 chapter 5.
           (2)   A reference in an Act or a document to a particular provision
                 of former chapter 5 or 5A (the repealed provision) may, if the
                 context permits, be taken to be a reference to the provision of
                 chapter 5 that corresponds, or substantially corresponds, to the
                 repealed provision.




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