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Environmental Protection Act 1994
sec.638Re-issuing of environmental authorities if they do not form a single mining or petroleum project
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### sec.638 Re-issuing of environmental authorities if they do not form a single mining or petroleum project
The administering authority may, at any time after the commencement, decide whether the constituent parts together form a single mining or petroleum project.
If the administering authority decides the constituent parts are for different mining or petroleum projects, it may—
cancel the constituent parts as environmental authorities; and
issue to the former holder of the cancelled constituent parts new environmental authorities (mining activities) or environmental authorities (petroleum activities) for each of the different mining or petroleum projects.
The conditions of each of the new environmental authorities must be the conditions of the cancelled constituent parts that applied to the mining or petroleum project the subject of the new environmental authority, subject to any necessary changes.
s 638 ins 2004 No. 48 s 138
(sec.638-ssec.1) The administering authority may, at any time after the commencement, decide whether the constituent parts together form a single mining or petroleum project.
(sec.638-ssec.2) If the administering authority decides the constituent parts are for different mining or petroleum projects, it may— cancel the constituent parts as environmental authorities; and issue to the former holder of the cancelled constituent parts new environmental authorities (mining activities) or environmental authorities (petroleum activities) for each of the different mining or petroleum projects.
(sec.638-ssec.3) The conditions of each of the new environmental authorities must be the conditions of the cancelled constituent parts that applied to the mining or petroleum project the subject of the new environmental authority, subject to any necessary changes.
- (a) cancel the constituent parts as environmental authorities; and
- (b) issue to the former holder of the cancelled constituent parts new environmental authorities (mining activities) or environmental authorities (petroleum activities) for each of the different mining or petroleum projects.