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Environmental Protection Act 1994
sec.330What is a transitional environmental program
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### sec.330 What is a transitional environmental program
A transitional environmental program is a specific program that, when complied with, achieves compliance with this Act for the activity to which it relates by doing 1 or more of the following—
reducing environmental harm caused by the activity;
detailing the transition of the activity to an environmental standard;
detailing the transition of the activity to comply with—
a condition of an environmental authority for the activity; or
a development condition; or
a prescribed condition for carrying out a small scale mining activity; or
an agricultural ERA standard that applies to an agricultural ERA.
However, a transitional environmental program must not be used to achieve compliance with—
an enforceable undertaking; or
a PRCP schedule.
s 330 amd 2007 No. 56 s 6 sch
sub 2011 No. 6 s 70
amd 2012 No. 16 s 12 (amd 2013 No. 10 s 8 ); 2014 No. 59 s 63 ; 2018 No. 30 s 188 ; 2019 No. 28 s 16
(sec.330-ssec.1) A transitional environmental program is a specific program that, when complied with, achieves compliance with this Act for the activity to which it relates by doing 1 or more of the following— reducing environmental harm caused by the activity; detailing the transition of the activity to an environmental standard; detailing the transition of the activity to comply with— a condition of an environmental authority for the activity; or a development condition; or a prescribed condition for carrying out a small scale mining activity; or an agricultural ERA standard that applies to an agricultural ERA.
(sec.330-ssec.2) However, a transitional environmental program must not be used to achieve compliance with— an enforceable undertaking; or a PRCP schedule.
- (a) reducing environmental harm caused by the activity;
- (b) detailing the transition of the activity to an environmental standard;
- (c) detailing the transition of the activity to comply with— (i) a condition of an environmental authority for the activity; or (ii) a development condition; or (iii) a prescribed condition for carrying out a small scale mining activity; or (iv) an agricultural ERA standard that applies to an agricultural ERA.
- (i) a condition of an environmental authority for the activity; or
- (ii) a development condition; or
- (iii) a prescribed condition for carrying out a small scale mining activity; or
- (iv) an agricultural ERA standard that applies to an agricultural ERA.
- (i) a condition of an environmental authority for the activity; or
- (ii) a development condition; or
- (iii) a prescribed condition for carrying out a small scale mining activity; or
- (iv) an agricultural ERA standard that applies to an agricultural ERA.
- (a) an enforceable undertaking; or
- (b) a PRCP schedule.