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Environmental Protection Act 1994
sec.195Issuing environmental authority or PRCP schedule
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### sec.195 Issuing environmental authority or PRCP schedule
This section applies if the administering authority—
is taken to have decided to approve a standard application under section 169A ; or
decides to approve another application for an environmental authority; or
decides under section 170 (3) or 171 (2) (b) to issue an environmental authority; or
decides to approve a draft PRCP schedule for a proposed PRC plan.
The administering authority must—
for a decision mentioned in subsection (1) (a) , (b) or (c) —issue an environmental authority to the applicant within the period stated in section 196 for the decision; or
for a decision mentioned in subsection (1) (d) —issue a PRCP schedule to the applicant within the period stated in section 196 for the decision.
s 195 ins 2000 No. 64 s 6
sub 2012 No. 16 ss 7 – 8
amd 2016 No. 27 s 215
sub 2018 No. 30 s 123 ; 2025 No. 19 s 8
(sec.195-ssec.1) This section applies if the administering authority— is taken to have decided to approve a standard application under section 169A ; or decides to approve another application for an environmental authority; or decides under section 170 (3) or 171 (2) (b) to issue an environmental authority; or decides to approve a draft PRCP schedule for a proposed PRC plan.
(sec.195-ssec.2) The administering authority must— for a decision mentioned in subsection (1) (a) , (b) or (c) —issue an environmental authority to the applicant within the period stated in section 196 for the decision; or for a decision mentioned in subsection (1) (d) —issue a PRCP schedule to the applicant within the period stated in section 196 for the decision.
- (a) is taken to have decided to approve a standard application under section 169A ; or
- (b) decides to approve another application for an environmental authority; or
- (c) decides under section 170 (3) or 171 (2) (b) to issue an environmental authority; or
- (d) decides to approve a draft PRCP schedule for a proposed PRC plan.
- (a) for a decision mentioned in subsection (1) (a) , (b) or (c) —issue an environmental authority to the applicant within the period stated in section 196 for the decision; or
- (b) for a decision mentioned in subsection (1) (d) —issue a PRCP schedule to the applicant within the period stated in section 196 for the decision.