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Environmental Protection Act 1994
sec.123What is a variation application
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### sec.123 What is a variation application
An application for an environmental authority is a variation application if—
the application seeks to change the standard conditions for the environmental authority or the environmentally relevant activity for the authority; and
all proposed environmentally relevant activities for the environmental authority are eligible ERAs.
An application for an environmental authority, for an environmentally relevant activity that is carried out as part of a coordinated project, is also a variation application if—
there are Coordinator-General’s conditions—
that relate to the activity the subject of the application; and
that are not the same as the standard conditions for the authority or the activity; and
all proposed environmentally relevant activities for the environmental authority are eligible ERAs.
s 123 prev s 123 ins 2000 No. 64 s 6
sub 2002 No. 45 s 7 ; 2004 No. 48 s 32
om 2009 No. 3 s 459
pres s 123 ins 2012 No. 16 s 8
amd 2014 No. 59 s 112
(sec.123-ssec.1) An application for an environmental authority is a variation application if— the application seeks to change the standard conditions for the environmental authority or the environmentally relevant activity for the authority; and all proposed environmentally relevant activities for the environmental authority are eligible ERAs.
(sec.123-ssec.2) An application for an environmental authority, for an environmentally relevant activity that is carried out as part of a coordinated project, is also a variation application if— there are Coordinator-General’s conditions— that relate to the activity the subject of the application; and that are not the same as the standard conditions for the authority or the activity; and all proposed environmentally relevant activities for the environmental authority are eligible ERAs.
- (a) the application seeks to change the standard conditions for the environmental authority or the environmentally relevant activity for the authority; and
- (b) all proposed environmentally relevant activities for the environmental authority are eligible ERAs.
- (a) there are Coordinator-General’s conditions— (i) that relate to the activity the subject of the application; and (ii) that are not the same as the standard conditions for the authority or the activity; and
- (i) that relate to the activity the subject of the application; and
- (ii) that are not the same as the standard conditions for the authority or the activity; and
- (b) all proposed environmentally relevant activities for the environmental authority are eligible ERAs.
- (i) that relate to the activity the subject of the application; and
- (ii) that are not the same as the standard conditions for the authority or the activity; and