sec.588New environmental authority (mining activities) for existing activities

### sec.588 New environmental authority (mining activities) for existing activities This section applies if, immediately before the commencement day— a person holds a mining tenement; and there is no environmental authority in force for any mining activity authorised under the mining tenement. On the commencement day, the person, is taken to hold a single environmental authority (mining activities) for all existing mining activities under the mining tenement that, immediately before the commencement day, were level 2 environmentally relevant activities. However, if the mining tenement was part of a mining project, the person is taken to hold a single environmental authority (mining activities) for all existing mining activities under the mining tenements that form the project. Chapter 5 applies to the authority, subject to division 4. s 588 ins 2000 No. 64 s 52 (sec.588-ssec.1) This section applies if, immediately before the commencement day— a person holds a mining tenement; and there is no environmental authority in force for any mining activity authorised under the mining tenement. (sec.588-ssec.2) On the commencement day, the person, is taken to hold a single environmental authority (mining activities) for all existing mining activities under the mining tenement that, immediately before the commencement day, were level 2 environmentally relevant activities. (sec.588-ssec.3) However, if the mining tenement was part of a mining project, the person is taken to hold a single environmental authority (mining activities) for all existing mining activities under the mining tenements that form the project. (sec.588-ssec.4) Chapter 5 applies to the authority, subject to division 4. - (a) a person holds a mining tenement; and - (b) there is no environmental authority in force for any mining activity authorised under the mining tenement.