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Environmental Protection Act 1994
sec.169AApproval of standard applications generally
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### sec.169A Approval of standard applications generally
This section applies if—
an applicant makes a standard application, other than an application for a mining activity relating to a mining lease; and
the applicant—
is a registered suitable operator; or
has, together with the standard application, applied under section 318F to be registered as a suitable operator for carrying out the relevant activity for the application and has been given notice under section 318I (1) (a) stating the application for registration is approved.
On the day the decision stage starts, the administering authority is taken to have decided to approve the standard application subject to the standard conditions for the relevant activities for the application.
See sections 170 and 177 in relation to a standard application for a mining activity relating to a mining lease.
See also section 555 about approval of an electronic system to automatically issue an environmental authority for a standard application mentioned in this section.
s 169A prev s 169A ins 2005 No. 42 s 52 sch 1
om 2012 No. 16 s 7
pres s 169A ins 2025 No. 19 s 5
(sec.169A-ssec.1) This section applies if— an applicant makes a standard application, other than an application for a mining activity relating to a mining lease; and the applicant— is a registered suitable operator; or has, together with the standard application, applied under section 318F to be registered as a suitable operator for carrying out the relevant activity for the application and has been given notice under section 318I (1) (a) stating the application for registration is approved.
(sec.169A-ssec.2) On the day the decision stage starts, the administering authority is taken to have decided to approve the standard application subject to the standard conditions for the relevant activities for the application. See sections 170 and 177 in relation to a standard application for a mining activity relating to a mining lease. See also section 555 about approval of an electronic system to automatically issue an environmental authority for a standard application mentioned in this section.
- (a) an applicant makes a standard application, other than an application for a mining activity relating to a mining lease; and
- (b) the applicant— (i) is a registered suitable operator; or (ii) has, together with the standard application, applied under section 318F to be registered as a suitable operator for carrying out the relevant activity for the application and has been given notice under section 318I (1) (a) stating the application for registration is approved.
- (i) is a registered suitable operator; or
- (ii) has, together with the standard application, applied under section 318F to be registered as a suitable operator for carrying out the relevant activity for the application and has been given notice under section 318I (1) (a) stating the application for registration is approved.
- (i) is a registered suitable operator; or
- (ii) has, together with the standard application, applied under section 318F to be registered as a suitable operator for carrying out the relevant activity for the application and has been given notice under section 318I (1) (a) stating the application for registration is approved.
- 1 See sections 170 and 177 in relation to a standard application for a mining activity relating to a mining lease.
- 2 See also section 555 about approval of an electronic system to automatically issue an environmental authority for a standard application mentioned in this section.