Section 42Z - Environmental Management and Pollution Control Act 1994 - Conditions and restrictions of licences

42ZConditions and restrictions of licences

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42Z Conditions and restrictions of licences

(1) The conditions or restrictions that may be imposed on an environmental licence as granted, varied, transferred or renewed –

(a) by the Director, are the conditions or restrictions that the Director thinks fit to impose on the licence and which, in the opinion of the Director, will further the objectives of this Act; and

(b) by the Board, are the conditions or restrictions that the Board thinks fit to impose on the licence and which, in the opinion of the Board, will further the objectives of this Act.

(2) Without limiting the generality of subsection (1) , the conditions or restrictions that may be imposed on an environmental licence in relation to an activity include the following:

(a) a condition or restriction limiting the amount of biomass of finfish that may be contained in or at the facilities, or on the area of land, or area of State waters, in, at or on which the finfish farming is conducted, or is to be conducted, under the licence;

(b) a condition or restriction limiting the amount of finfish, or a product containing finfish, that is capable of being produced under the licence;

(c) a condition or restriction limiting the amount of raw materials (including smolt) that may be introduced into the facilities, or an area of land, or an area of State waters, in, at or on which the finfish farming is conducted, or is to be conducted, under the licence;

(d) a condition or restriction limiting the amount of water or energy that may be used to conduct finfish farming under the licence;

(e) a condition or restriction that –

(i) limits the amount of a pollutant that may be produced or emitted in the course of the conduct of an activity; or

(ii) prohibits the production or emission of any amount of a pollutant that may be produced or emitted in the course of the conduct of an activity; or

(iii) limits the rate, or concentration, or both, at which a pollutant that may be produced or emitted in the course of the conduct of an activity may be produced or emitted in the course of the conduct of the activity;