sec.426Environmental authority required for particular environmentally relevant activities

### sec.426 Environmental authority required for particular environmentally relevant activities A person must not carry out an environmentally relevant activity unless the person holds, or is acting under, an environmental authority for the activity. Maximum penalty—4,500 penalty units. Subsection (1) does not apply to a person carrying out— an agricultural ERA that is not a prescribed ERA; or a small scale mining activity; or a geothermal activity that, under the Geothermal Act , is— geothermal exploration for exempt heat pump production or to evaluate the feasibility of exempt heat pump production; or exempt heat pump production; or other geothermal production that, under the Geothermal Act , is not of a large-scale; or a remediation activity under the Petroleum and Gas (Production and Safety) Act 2004 , section 294B . Also, subsection (1) does not apply to the Coordinator-General, or another person acting on behalf of the Coordinator-General, in performing the functions or exercising the powers of the Coordinator-General under the State Development Act . s 426 ins 2000 No. 64 s 26 sub 2003 No. 95 s 27 amd 2004 No. 48 s 118 ; 2005 No. 53 s 159 sch sub 2008 No. 52 s 35 ; 2012 No. 16 s 30 (amd 2013 No. 10 s 13 ) amd 2014 No. 59 s 76 ; 2014 No. 47 s 256 ; 2019 No. 28 s 18 (sec.426-ssec.1) A person must not carry out an environmentally relevant activity unless the person holds, or is acting under, an environmental authority for the activity. Maximum penalty—4,500 penalty units. (sec.426-ssec.2) Subsection (1) does not apply to a person carrying out— an agricultural ERA that is not a prescribed ERA; or a small scale mining activity; or a geothermal activity that, under the Geothermal Act , is— geothermal exploration for exempt heat pump production or to evaluate the feasibility of exempt heat pump production; or exempt heat pump production; or other geothermal production that, under the Geothermal Act , is not of a large-scale; or a remediation activity under the Petroleum and Gas (Production and Safety) Act 2004 , section 294B . (sec.426-ssec.3) Also, subsection (1) does not apply to the Coordinator-General, or another person acting on behalf of the Coordinator-General, in performing the functions or exercising the powers of the Coordinator-General under the State Development Act . - (a) an agricultural ERA that is not a prescribed ERA; or - (b) a small scale mining activity; or - (c) a geothermal activity that, under the Geothermal Act , is— (i) geothermal exploration for exempt heat pump production or to evaluate the feasibility of exempt heat pump production; or (ii) exempt heat pump production; or (iii) other geothermal production that, under the Geothermal Act , is not of a large-scale; or - (i) geothermal exploration for exempt heat pump production or to evaluate the feasibility of exempt heat pump production; or - (ii) exempt heat pump production; or - (iii) other geothermal production that, under the Geothermal Act , is not of a large-scale; or - (d) a remediation activity under the Petroleum and Gas (Production and Safety) Act 2004 , section 294B . - (i) geothermal exploration for exempt heat pump production or to evaluate the feasibility of exempt heat pump production; or - (ii) exempt heat pump production; or - (iii) other geothermal production that, under the Geothermal Act , is not of a large-scale; or