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Environmental Protection Act 1994
sec.170Deciding standard application for mining activity relating to mining lease
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### sec.170 Deciding standard application for mining activity relating to mining lease
This section applies for a standard application for a mining activity relating to a mining lease.
The administering authority must decide that the standard application be approved subject to the standard conditions for the mining activity.
However, the administering authority may decide that the applicant be issued an environmental authority on conditions that are different to the standard conditions if—
a properly made submission was made for the standard application relating to the subject of a standard condition for the mining activity; and
the conditions are different only in relation to the subject of the standard condition mentioned in paragraph (a) .
See section 169A in relation to the approval of other standard applications.
s 170 ins 2000 No. 64 s 6
sub 2004 No. 48 s 41
amd 2005 No. 42 s 52 sch 1 ; 2007 No. 56 s 6 sch
sub 2012 No. 16 ss 7 – 8 ; 2025 No. 19 s 6
(sec.170-ssec.1) This section applies for a standard application for a mining activity relating to a mining lease.
(sec.170-ssec.2) The administering authority must decide that the standard application be approved subject to the standard conditions for the mining activity.
(sec.170-ssec.3) However, the administering authority may decide that the applicant be issued an environmental authority on conditions that are different to the standard conditions if— a properly made submission was made for the standard application relating to the subject of a standard condition for the mining activity; and the conditions are different only in relation to the subject of the standard condition mentioned in paragraph (a) . See section 169A in relation to the approval of other standard applications.
- (a) a properly made submission was made for the standard application relating to the subject of a standard condition for the mining activity; and
- (b) the conditions are different only in relation to the subject of the standard condition mentioned in paragraph (a) .