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Contents Environmental Protection (Efficiency and Streamlining) and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2025 Page 7 Authorised by the Parliamentary Counsel entities to apply for issue of program) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95 79 Amendment of s 346 (Effect of compliance with program) . . . . . 95 80 Amendment of s 359 (Meaning of enforcement ground) . . . . . . . 95 81 Amendment of s 426 (Environmental authority required for particular environmentally relevant activities) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96 82 Replacement of ch 8, pt 2A (Offences relating to conditions) . . . 96 Part 2A Offences relating to code-managed ERAs 435A Offence to contravene relevant ERA code . . . . . . . . 97 83 Amendment of s 452 (Entry of place—general) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97 84 Amendment of s 458 (Order to enter land to conduct investigation or conduct work) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98 85 Amendment of s 493A (When environmental harm or related acts are unlawful) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98 86 Amendment of s 540 (Registers to be kept by administering authority) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98 87 Amendment of s 540A (Registers to be kept by chief executive) 99 88 Insertion of new ch 12, pt 1A, div 1, hdg . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99 89 Amendment of s 551 (Codes of practice) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99 90 Insertion of new ch 12, pt 1A, divs 2 and 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100 Division 2 Making codes of practice for code-managed ERAs 551A Chief executive may make code of practice for code- managed ERA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100 551B Notice of proposed ERA code . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101 551C Consideration of submissions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102 551D Approval of ERA code by regulation . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102 Division 3 Other provisions about codes of practice 551E Minor amendments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103 551F Publication . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103 91 Omission of s 707 (Deferment of application of s 426 to newly prescribed ERAs) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103 92 Amendment of s 710 (References to former terms) . . . . . . . . . . 104 93 Insertion of new ch 13, pt 35, div 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104 Division 3 Transitional provisions for amendments commencing by proclamation Subdivision 1 Small scale mining activities 850 Definitions for subdivision . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104 851 Unamended Act continues to apply for particular period 105 852 Offences against former s 435A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106

Contents Environmental Protection (Efficiency and Streamlining) and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2025 Page 8 Authorised by the Parliamentary Counsel 853 Exception, exemption or defence if acting under a prescribed condition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107 854 Environmental enforcement order for compliance with a prescribed condition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107 855 Existing application for transitional environmental program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108 856 Existing transitional environmental program . . . . . . . 109 857 Recovery of costs and expenses for compliance action 110 Subdivision 2 Other matters 858 Existing codes of practice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111 859 References to environmentally relevant activities or ERA projects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111 860 Effect of change in particular terms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112 94 Amendment of sch 2 (Original decisions) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113 95 Amendment of sch 4 (Dictionary) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113 Part 3 Amendment of Forestry Act 1959 96 Act amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115 97 Insertion of new s 22 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115 22 Approved forms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116 98 Amendment of s 35 (Granting of permit for land within State forest or timber reserve) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116 99 Insertion of new s 38 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117 38 Single integrated permission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117 100 Amendment of s 40B (Amending conditions of permit) . . . . . . . . 118 101 Omission of s 40D (Combined commercial activity permits) . . . . 119 102 Insertion of new pt 4, div 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119 Division 3 Commercial activity agreements 41 Chief executive may enter into commercial activity agreement for State forest or timber reserve . . . . . . 119 42 Content of agreement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120 42A Term and review of agreements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121 42B Authorisation under agreement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121 103 Amendment of s 56 (Permits etc.) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122 104 Amendment of s 73B (Commercial activities) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122 105 Amendment of s 73C (Organised events) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124 106 Amendment of s 96B (Delegation by chief executive—State plantation forests) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124 107 Insertion of new pt 10, div 7 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124