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Environmental Protection Act 1994
sec.706Effect of proposed standard environmental conditions prepared before commencement of amending Act
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### sec.706 Effect of proposed standard environmental conditions prepared before commencement of amending Act
This section applies if—
a draft code of environmental compliance (a draft code ) was prepared under the unamended Act before the commencement; and
the draft code includes proposed standard environmental conditions (the proposed conditions ); and
the draft code is not approved or made under the unamended Act before the commencement.
The chief executive may, under section 318D(1), make the proposed conditions, with or without changes, as standard conditions for an environmentally relevant activity or environmental authority, without complying with section 318C if—
public consultation was carried out for the draft code; and
the public consultation was carried out in a way that is substantially similar to the requirements under section 318C.
s 706 ins 2012 No. 16 s 60
(sec.706-ssec.1) This section applies if— a draft code of environmental compliance (a draft code ) was prepared under the unamended Act before the commencement; and the draft code includes proposed standard environmental conditions (the proposed conditions ); and the draft code is not approved or made under the unamended Act before the commencement.
(sec.706-ssec.2) The chief executive may, under section 318D(1), make the proposed conditions, with or without changes, as standard conditions for an environmentally relevant activity or environmental authority, without complying with section 318C if— public consultation was carried out for the draft code; and the public consultation was carried out in a way that is substantially similar to the requirements under section 318C.
- (a) a draft code of environmental compliance (a draft code ) was prepared under the unamended Act before the commencement; and
- (b) the draft code includes proposed standard environmental conditions (the proposed conditions ); and
- (c) the draft code is not approved or made under the unamended Act before the commencement.
- (a) public consultation was carried out for the draft code; and
- (b) the public consultation was carried out in a way that is substantially similar to the requirements under section 318C.