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Environmental Protection Act 1994
sec.153Required content of application notice
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### sec.153 Required content of application notice
An application notice must be in the approved form and state the following—
a description of each relevant resource activity;
the land on which each activity is to be carried out;
for a standard or variation application—where copies of the standard conditions for the relevant activity or authority may be obtained;
where the application documents may be inspected or accessed;
where copies of, or extracts from, the application documents may be obtained;
that any entity may make a submission to the administering authority about the application documents;
the period (the submission period ) during which submissions may be given;
how to make a properly made submission;
another matter prescribed under a regulation.
Also, subsection (3) applies if the process for an EIS, for a relevant activity the subject of the application, was notified before the notification stage for the application started.
The application notice must state where, in the application documents mentioned in subsection (1) (d) , information about the following changes between the EIS, since the EIS was notified, and the application documents, are shown—
for an environmental authority—
the environmental risks of the activity that have changed as a result of the proposed changes to the way the relevant activity is to be carried out; and
the proposed changes to the way the relevant activity is to be carried out;
for a proposed PRC plan notified with the EIS—
the proposed change to a post-mining land use or non-use management area; and
the proposed change to the day by which rehabilitation of land to a stable condition will be achieved.
This section is subject to section 159 .
s 153 prev s 153 om 2000 No. 5 s 461 sch 3
pres s 153 ins 2000 No. 64 s 6
sub 2012 No. 16 ss 7 – 8
amd 2014 No. 59 s 116 ; 2018 No. 30 s 114 ; 2020 No. 26 s 23
(sec.153-ssec.1) An application notice must be in the approved form and state the following— a description of each relevant resource activity; the land on which each activity is to be carried out; for a standard or variation application—where copies of the standard conditions for the relevant activity or authority may be obtained; where the application documents may be inspected or accessed; where copies of, or extracts from, the application documents may be obtained; that any entity may make a submission to the administering authority about the application documents; the period (the submission period ) during which submissions may be given; how to make a properly made submission; another matter prescribed under a regulation.
(sec.153-ssec.2) Also, subsection (3) applies if the process for an EIS, for a relevant activity the subject of the application, was notified before the notification stage for the application started.
(sec.153-ssec.3) The application notice must state where, in the application documents mentioned in subsection (1) (d) , information about the following changes between the EIS, since the EIS was notified, and the application documents, are shown— for an environmental authority— the environmental risks of the activity that have changed as a result of the proposed changes to the way the relevant activity is to be carried out; and the proposed changes to the way the relevant activity is to be carried out; for a proposed PRC plan notified with the EIS— the proposed change to a post-mining land use or non-use management area; and the proposed change to the day by which rehabilitation of land to a stable condition will be achieved.
(sec.153-ssec.4) This section is subject to section 159 .
- (a) a description of each relevant resource activity;
- (b) the land on which each activity is to be carried out;
- (c) for a standard or variation application—where copies of the standard conditions for the relevant activity or authority may be obtained;
- (d) where the application documents may be inspected or accessed;
- (e) where copies of, or extracts from, the application documents may be obtained;
- (f) that any entity may make a submission to the administering authority about the application documents;
- (g) the period (the submission period ) during which submissions may be given;
- (h) how to make a properly made submission;
- (i) another matter prescribed under a regulation.
- (a) for an environmental authority— (i) the environmental risks of the activity that have changed as a result of the proposed changes to the way the relevant activity is to be carried out; and (ii) the proposed changes to the way the relevant activity is to be carried out;
- (i) the environmental risks of the activity that have changed as a result of the proposed changes to the way the relevant activity is to be carried out; and
- (ii) the proposed changes to the way the relevant activity is to be carried out;
- (b) for a proposed PRC plan notified with the EIS— (i) the proposed change to a post-mining land use or non-use management area; and (ii) the proposed change to the day by which rehabilitation of land to a stable condition will be achieved.
- (i) the proposed change to a post-mining land use or non-use management area; and
- (ii) the proposed change to the day by which rehabilitation of land to a stable condition will be achieved.
- (i) the environmental risks of the activity that have changed as a result of the proposed changes to the way the relevant activity is to be carried out; and
- (ii) the proposed changes to the way the relevant activity is to be carried out;
- (i) the proposed change to a post-mining land use or non-use management area; and
- (ii) the proposed change to the day by which rehabilitation of land to a stable condition will be achieved.