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Environment Protection Act 2019
95BSeparation of environmental approvals
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95B Separation of environmental approvals
(1) The Minister may, at the request of the proponent or approval
holder, separate an environmental approval applying to a particular
site and grant 2 or more environmental approvals in its place.
(2) The Minister may make any amendments to the conditions applying
to each environmental approval that the Minister considers
necessary for the purposes of the separation.
(3) Section 107 applies in relation to an amendment to the conditions
of an environmental approval under subsection (2) other than an
administrative amendment.
(4) The Minister must publish the following as soon as practicable after
the environmental approvals are granted under subsection (1):
(a) the environmental approvals granted under subsection (1);
(b) a statement of reasons for:
(i) the separation of the environmental approval; and
(ii) any amendment made under subsection (2) to the
conditions of each environmental approval.
(5) If the Minister grants 2 or more environmental approvals under
subsection (1), the replaced environmental approval is revoked.
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