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Environmental Protection Act 1994
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### sec.318Z What is progressive certification
The administering authority may, under this division, certify that a particular area within a relevant tenure for a resource project has been rehabilitated under all relevant requirements of—
this Act; and
the environmental authority under which the resource project is authorised; and
a PRCP schedule applying to the activities carried out under the environmental authority; and
a relevant guideline or other document made under this Act.
The certification is a progressive certification for the relevant tenure.
The area the subject of the progressive certification is a certified area for the relevant tenure.
s 318Z ins 2012 No. 16 s 8
amd 2018 No. 30 s 174 ; 2020 No. 26 s 73
(sec.318Z-ssec.1) The administering authority may, under this division, certify that a particular area within a relevant tenure for a resource project has been rehabilitated under all relevant requirements of— this Act; and the environmental authority under which the resource project is authorised; and a PRCP schedule applying to the activities carried out under the environmental authority; and a relevant guideline or other document made under this Act.
(sec.318Z-ssec.2) The certification is a progressive certification for the relevant tenure.
(sec.318Z-ssec.3) The area the subject of the progressive certification is a certified area for the relevant tenure.
- (a) this Act; and
- (b) the environmental authority under which the resource project is authorised; and
- (c) a PRCP schedule applying to the activities carried out under the environmental authority; and
- (d) a relevant guideline or other document made under this Act.