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Environmental Protection Act 1994
sec.259When surrender notice ceases to have effect
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### sec.259 When surrender notice ceases to have effect
A surrender notice ceases to have effect if, within the period stated in the notice—
the relevant tenure is, under resource legislation—
renewed or continued in force; or
consolidated with another relevant tenure; or
if the relevant tenure is a mining tenure—the tenure is replaced with a new tenure of the same type in respect of all or part of the land included in the relevant tenure; or
a replacement environmental authority is issued to the holder, and the replacement environmental authority has taken effect.
For when an environmental authority takes effect, see section 200 .
s 259 ins 2000 No. 64 s 6
amd 2004 No. 48 s 100
sub 2005 No. 53 s 66 ; 2012 No. 16 ss 7 – 8
- (a) the relevant tenure is, under resource legislation— (i) renewed or continued in force; or (ii) consolidated with another relevant tenure; or
- (i) renewed or continued in force; or
- (ii) consolidated with another relevant tenure; or
- (b) if the relevant tenure is a mining tenure—the tenure is replaced with a new tenure of the same type in respect of all or part of the land included in the relevant tenure; or
- (c) a replacement environmental authority is issued to the holder, and the replacement environmental authority has taken effect. Note— For when an environmental authority takes effect, see section 200 .
- (i) renewed or continued in force; or
- (ii) consolidated with another relevant tenure; or