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Environment Protection Act 2017
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85 Registration of prescribed activities
(1) Subject to subsection (3), on receiving an application for a registration that complies with section 50, the Authority is taken to have granted a registration for the activity that is the subject of the application to the applicant subject to any standard conditions.
(2) Within 10 business days after receiving an application for a registration that complies with section 50, the Authority must notify the applicant—
(a) that a registration has been granted; and
(b) the standard conditions to which the registration is subject.
(3) A registration remains in force until—
(a) for a period of 5 years or any shorter period prescribed in relation to a particular activity or class of activity; or
S. 85(3)(b) amended by No. 14/2025 s. 31.
(b) until the registration is revoked under section 61 or 59(9)(a)—
whichever is the earlier.
S. 86 inserted by No. 39/2018 s. 7 (as amended by Nos 27/2019 ss 12−30, 3/2020 ss 42–44, 47/2020 s. 26).