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Environmental Protection Act 1994
sec.553Electronic applications and submissions
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### sec.553 Electronic applications and submissions
This section applies if—
this Act requires an application or submission to be made in an approved form; and
the form provides that the application or submission may be made by using a stated electronic system or sending an email to a stated email address.
The application or submission may be made by—
giving the information required by the approved form by using the stated electronic system; or
sending the information required by the approved form to the stated email address in a format substantially similar to the approved form.
s 553 ins 2000 No. 64 s 46
amd 2025 No. 19 s 10
(sec.553-ssec.1) This section applies if— this Act requires an application or submission to be made in an approved form; and the form provides that the application or submission may be made by using a stated electronic system or sending an email to a stated email address.
(sec.553-ssec.2) The application or submission may be made by— giving the information required by the approved form by using the stated electronic system; or sending the information required by the approved form to the stated email address in a format substantially similar to the approved form.
- (a) this Act requires an application or submission to be made in an approved form; and
- (b) the form provides that the application or submission may be made by using a stated electronic system or sending an email to a stated email address.
- (a) giving the information required by the approved form by using the stated electronic system; or
- (b) sending the information required by the approved form to the stated email address in a format substantially similar to the approved form.