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Environmental Protection Act 1994
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### sec.684 Existing progressive certification
This section applies if the administering authority has, under former chapter 5, part 9A given a progressive certification for a particular area within a relevant mining tenement for a level 1 mining project.
From the commencement—
the certification becomes a progressive certification for the mining tenure for chapter 5A, part 6; and
the area the subject of the progressive certification is a certified rehabilitated area for the mining tenure for chapter 5A, part 6.
In this section—
level 1 mining project means a level 1 mining project under former section 151(1).
s 684 ins 2012 No. 16 s 60 (amd 2013 No. 6 s 15 (4) )
(sec.684-ssec.1) This section applies if the administering authority has, under former chapter 5, part 9A given a progressive certification for a particular area within a relevant mining tenement for a level 1 mining project.
(sec.684-ssec.2) From the commencement— the certification becomes a progressive certification for the mining tenure for chapter 5A, part 6; and the area the subject of the progressive certification is a certified rehabilitated area for the mining tenure for chapter 5A, part 6.
(sec.684-ssec.3) In this section— level 1 mining project means a level 1 mining project under former section 151(1).
- (a) the certification becomes a progressive certification for the mining tenure for chapter 5A, part 6; and
- (b) the area the subject of the progressive certification is a certified rehabilitated area for the mining tenure for chapter 5A, part 6.