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Environmental Protection Act 1994
sec.247AAnniversary day for amalgamated local government authority or amalgamated project authority
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### sec.247A Anniversary day for amalgamated local government authority or amalgamated project authority
This section applies if the administering authority decides to approve an amalgamation application for an amalgamated local government authority or amalgamated project authority.
The anniversary day for the amalgamated environmental authority is—
if the highest annual fee is the same for 2 or more of the existing environmental authorities immediately before the approval of the amalgamation application—the anniversary day nominated by the applicant under section 246 (f) ; or
otherwise—the anniversary day for the existing environmental authority that had the highest annual fee immediately before the approval of the amalgamation application.
s 247A prev s 247A ins 2004 No. 48 s 91
sub 2005 No. 53 s 62
om 2012 No. 16 s 7
pres s 247A ins 2020 No. 26 s 46
(sec.247A-ssec.1) This section applies if the administering authority decides to approve an amalgamation application for an amalgamated local government authority or amalgamated project authority.
(sec.247A-ssec.2) The anniversary day for the amalgamated environmental authority is— if the highest annual fee is the same for 2 or more of the existing environmental authorities immediately before the approval of the amalgamation application—the anniversary day nominated by the applicant under section 246 (f) ; or otherwise—the anniversary day for the existing environmental authority that had the highest annual fee immediately before the approval of the amalgamation application.
- (a) if the highest annual fee is the same for 2 or more of the existing environmental authorities immediately before the approval of the amalgamation application—the anniversary day nominated by the applicant under section 246 (f) ; or
- (b) otherwise—the anniversary day for the existing environmental authority that had the highest annual fee immediately before the approval of the amalgamation application.