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Environment Protection Act 1997
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47 Application
(1) A person who is conducting or proposing to conduct a prescribed
activity may apply to the authority for an environmental authorisation
in relation to that activity.
(2) An application—
(a) must specify the kind of environmental authorisation applied
for; and
(b) if that kind is an accredited or special environmental
authorisation—may specify that in the alternative a standard
environmental authorisation is applied for.
(3) If the applicant is not the lessee of the land (or for land under a land
sublease, the sublessee) on which the activity is being conducted, or
is proposed to be conducted, the application must be accompanied by
the written consent to the making of the application of—
(a) if the land is leased—
(i) the lessee; or
(ii) for land under a land sublease—the sublessee and
sublessor; or
Note A sublessor, under a land sublease, is the lessee under the Crown
lease under which the sublease is granted.
(b) if the land is unleased territory land—the Territory; or
(c) if the land is unleased national land—the Commonwealth.