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Environment Protection Act 1997
149Notice to authority of alteration to equipment and works
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149 Notice to authority of alteration to equipment and works
(1) The holder of an environmental authorisation must notify the
authority in writing of any proposed installation, construction or
modification to prescribed equipment and works in or on the premises
on which the authorised activity is being, or is proposed to be,
conducted.
Maximum penalty: 20 penalty units.
(2) For subsection (1), it is sufficient notification if the holder of the
authorisation gives to the authority a copy of—
(a) the application under the Planning Act 2023, chapter 7 for
approval to undertake the development; or
(b) the application under the Building Act 2004, part 3 for a building
approval to carry out the relevant building work.
(3) The authority may, within 10 days after receiving notification of a
proposal under subsection (1), require the holder of the environmental
authorisation to provide further specified information (including
plans and drawings) about the proposal by the specified date.
(4) A person must not fail to comply with a notice under subsection (3).
(5) In subsection (1):
prescribed equipment and works, in relation to premises, means
equipment or works for—
(a) the discharge or emission of a pollutant from the premises; or
(b) the treatment or storage of a pollutant before such discharge or
emission.