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Environment Protection Act 2019
138Expenditure from an environment protection fund
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138 Expenditure from an environment protection fund
(1) The Minister must, by Gazette notice, determine the purposes for
which the money in an environment protection fund may be
expended.
(2) A purpose determined for an environment protection fund:
(a) must be a purpose specified in section 136(3); and
(b) may also include the following:
(i) the reimbursement of fees paid into the fund;
(ii) the reimbursement of any amount paid into the fund in
relation to an enforceable undertaking.
(3) Any expenditure from an environment protection fund must be
authorised by the Minister.
(4) If an environment protection fund includes an amount of levy paid in
respect of a particular industry, that amount cannot be expended for
the support of another industry unless the other industry is
impacted by the particular industry.