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Environmental Protection Act 1994
sec.227AARequirements for amendment applications—underground water rights
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### sec.227AA Requirements for amendment applications—underground water rights
This section applies for an amendment application if—
the application relates to a site-specific environmental authority for—
a resource project that includes a resource tenure that is a mineral development licence, mining lease or petroleum lease; or
a resource activity for which the relevant tenure is a mineral development licence, mining lease or petroleum lease; and
the proposed amendment involves changes to the exercise of underground water rights.
The application must also state the matters mentioned in section 126A (2) .
In this section—
site-specific environmental authority means an environmental authority that includes 1 or more ineligible ERAs.
s 227AA ins 2016 No. 61 s 8
(sec.227AA-ssec.1) This section applies for an amendment application if— the application relates to a site-specific environmental authority for— a resource project that includes a resource tenure that is a mineral development licence, mining lease or petroleum lease; or a resource activity for which the relevant tenure is a mineral development licence, mining lease or petroleum lease; and the proposed amendment involves changes to the exercise of underground water rights.
(sec.227AA-ssec.2) The application must also state the matters mentioned in section 126A (2) .
(sec.227AA-ssec.3) In this section— site-specific environmental authority means an environmental authority that includes 1 or more ineligible ERAs.
- (a) the application relates to a site-specific environmental authority for— (i) a resource project that includes a resource tenure that is a mineral development licence, mining lease or petroleum lease; or (ii) a resource activity for which the relevant tenure is a mineral development licence, mining lease or petroleum lease; and
- (i) a resource project that includes a resource tenure that is a mineral development licence, mining lease or petroleum lease; or
- (ii) a resource activity for which the relevant tenure is a mineral development licence, mining lease or petroleum lease; and
- (b) the proposed amendment involves changes to the exercise of underground water rights.
- (i) a resource project that includes a resource tenure that is a mineral development licence, mining lease or petroleum lease; or
- (ii) a resource activity for which the relevant tenure is a mineral development licence, mining lease or petroleum lease; and