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Environmental Protection Act 1994
sec.242Steps after deciding amendment application
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### sec.242 Steps after deciding amendment application
If the administering authority decides to approve the amendment application, it must, within 5 business days after the decision is made—
amend the environmental authority or PRCP schedule to give effect to the amendment; and
issue the amended environmental authority or PRCP schedule to the applicant; and
include a copy of the amended environmental authority or PRCP schedule in the relevant register.
Subsection (3) applies if the administering authority decides to—
refuse the application; or
make an amendment, other than an amendment agreed to by the applicant.
The administering authority must, within 5 business days after the decision is made, give the applicant an information notice about the decision.
s 242 orig s 242 ins 1996 No. 10 s 27
exp 1 March 1997 (see s 252)
prev s 242 ins 2000 No. 64 s 6
om 2004 No. 48 s 87
pres s 242 ins 2012 No. 16 s 8
amd 2014 No. 59 s 45 ; 2018 No. 30 s 152
(sec.242-ssec.1) If the administering authority decides to approve the amendment application, it must, within 5 business days after the decision is made— amend the environmental authority or PRCP schedule to give effect to the amendment; and issue the amended environmental authority or PRCP schedule to the applicant; and include a copy of the amended environmental authority or PRCP schedule in the relevant register.
(sec.242-ssec.2) Subsection (3) applies if the administering authority decides to— refuse the application; or make an amendment, other than an amendment agreed to by the applicant.
(sec.242-ssec.3) The administering authority must, within 5 business days after the decision is made, give the applicant an information notice about the decision.
- (a) amend the environmental authority or PRCP schedule to give effect to the amendment; and
- (b) issue the amended environmental authority or PRCP schedule to the applicant; and
- (c) include a copy of the amended environmental authority or PRCP schedule in the relevant register.
- (a) refuse the application; or
- (b) make an amendment, other than an amendment agreed to by the applicant.