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Environmental Protection (Efficiency and Streamlining) and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2025
Schedule 1 Environmental Protection (Efficiency and Streamlining) and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2025 Page 206 Authorised by the Parliamentary Counsel 2 Section 70(6), definition holder, from ‘includes’— omit, insert— includes— (a) the holder of an environmental authority to carry out on-site activities for land on which the coal mine is located; and (b) a person who carries out on-site activities for land on which the coal mine is located under an ERA code. Coastal Protection and Management Act 1995 1 Section 85(b)(iii)(B), after ‘activity’— insert— for which an environmental authority is required under the Environmental Protection Act 1994 Environmental Protection Act 1994 1 Particular references to prescribed ERA— Each of the following provisions is amended by omitting ‘prescribed ERA’ or ‘prescribed ERAs’ and inserting ‘general ERA’ or ‘general ERAs’— • section 87(5), definition relevant activity • section 120(1), (2)(a) and (3) • section 125(1)(m), (5) and (7)(a) • section 200(1)(a) • section 203(1)(b) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24
Schedule 1 Environmental Protection (Efficiency and Streamlining) and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2025 Page 207 Authorised by the Parliamentary Counsel • section 225(1) • section 226A(4) • chapter 5, part 9, heading • section 251 • section 278(2)(h) • chapter 5, part 14, division 2, heading • section 307 • section 310(4) • section 318W(1) and (2), definition regulated waste transport • section 538(1)(a) • section 580(4) • schedule 2, part 2 • schedule 4, definition anniversary day, paragraph 1(b) • schedule 4, definition financial assurance • schedule 4, definition holder, paragraph 2 • schedule 4, definition mobile and temporary environmentally relevant activity • schedule 4, definition small scale mining activity, paragraphs (a)(vii) and (b)(vi). 2 Particular references to resource activity— Each of the following provisions is amended by omitting ‘resource activity’ or ‘resource activities’ and inserting ‘resource ERA’ or ‘resource ERAs’— • section 37(1)(b) • section 38(2)(d) • section 87(5), definition relevant activity • section 117 • section 126A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29
Schedule 1 Environmental Protection (Efficiency and Streamlining) and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2025 Page 208 Authorised by the Parliamentary Counsel • section 143(1) • section 152(2)(b)(i) • section 153(1)(a) • section 155 • section 200(1), note and (2)(a) • section 206, heading and subsection (1) • section 212A(1) • section 215(2)(p) and (r) • section 224, examples, first dot point • section 227AA(1)(a)(ii) • section 230(1)(a) • section 262(1)(d)(ii) • section 264(c) and (d) • section 264A(1)(b)(i) • section 266(2)(c) and (d) • section 267(2) • section 271(1) • section 272(b)(iii) • section 274(1) • section 278(2)(i) • section 283(2) • section 291, note • chapter 5, part 14, division 1, heading • section 296, definitions ERC decision, ERC period and estimated rehabilitation cost • section 297 • section 298 • section 299A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28
Schedule 1 Environmental Protection (Efficiency and Streamlining) and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2025 Page 209 Authorised by the Parliamentary Counsel • section 300 • section 301(2)(a) • section 302(1) • section 303(1)(a) and (2)(a) • section 304 • section 305(1)(a) and (4), definition current decision • section 306(1) • section 316IA(3) • section 318O(1)(b) • chapter 5A, part 6, heading • section 326(1)(a) • section 520(2)(b) • schedule 2, part 1, division 3 • schedule 2, part 1, division 5, entries for sections 322(1), 324(1)(d), 326(1), 357E (both entries), 357J • schedule 2, part 1, division 6 • schedule 4, definition anniversary day, paragraph 1(a) • schedule 4, definition estimated rehabilitation cost • schedule 4, definition holder, paragraph 3 • schedule 4, definition minor ERC change • schedule 4, definition relevant tenure • schedule 4, definition residual risks. 3 Particular references to resource project— Each of the following provisions is amended by omitting ‘resource project’ or ‘resource projects’ and inserting ‘resource ERA project’ or ‘resource ERA projects’— • section 126A, heading and subsection (1)(a) • section 126E(a) and (c)(ii) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28
Schedule 1 Environmental Protection (Efficiency and Streamlining) and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2025 Page 210 Authorised by the Parliamentary Counsel • section 224, examples, first dot point • section 227AA(1)(a)(i) • section 250A(1) • section 250B(b) • section 250D(b) • section 318Z(1) • section 318ZC • section 318ZI(2)(b) • schedule 4, definition certified area. 4 Schedule 4, definition contaminated land register, ‘540A(1)(d)(ii)’— omit, insert— 540A(1)(f)(ii) 5 Schedule 4, definition environmental management register, ‘540A(1)(c)(i)’— omit, insert— 540A(1)(e)(i) Forestry Act 1959 1 Section 34(3), after ‘permit’— insert— , commercial activity agreement 2 Part 4, division 2, after heading— insert— 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23
Schedule 1 Environmental Protection (Efficiency and Streamlining) and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2025 Page 211 Authorised by the Parliamentary Counsel Note— See part 6, division 3 for additional provisions about permits etc. 3 Section 40A(1), after ‘commercial activity permit’— insert— , including a permit that is part of a single integrated permission, 4 Part 6, division 3, heading, after ‘permits’— insert— etc. Geothermal Energy Act 2010 1 Sections 39(2)(b)(iii), 57(2)(d)(ii), 62(2)(d)(ii), 81(e), 97(2)(d)(ii), 102(d)(ii), 294(2)(b)(iv), ‘the relevant’— omit, insert— any relevant 2 Sections 187(2) and 303(1)(b) and (c), after ‘authority’— insert— (if any) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18
Schedule 1 Environmental Protection (Efficiency and Streamlining) and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2025 Page 212 Authorised by the Parliamentary Counsel Greenhouse Gas Storage Act 2009 1 Sections 40(2)(b)(iii), 96(2)(b)(iv), 118(1)(e), 130(2)(b)(iv) and 235(2), ‘a relevant’— omit, insert— any relevant 2 Section 179(1)(c), after ‘authority’— insert— (if any) Mineral and Energy Resources (Common Provisions) Act 2014 1 Section 19B(6)(b), ‘other than a small scale mining tenure’— omit, insert— for a resource ERA 2 Section 21(1)(a), from ‘that is either’— omit, insert— that is a changed holder event under the Mineral and Energy Resources (Financial Provisioning) Act 2018 for a resource authority that authorises the carrying out of a resource ERA for an environmental authority; and 3 Section 21(1)(b), ‘or small scale mining tenure’— omit. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23
Schedule 1 Environmental Protection (Efficiency and Streamlining) and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2025 Page 213 Authorised by the Parliamentary Counsel 4 Section 21(2), ‘, or small scale mining tenure,’— omit. 5 Section 59— insert— (5A) If the resource authority holder is carrying out an authorised activity for the resource authority under an ERA code under the Environmental Protection Act 1994, the reference in subsection (5) to a condition applying to the resource authority includes a reference to a condition of the ERA code applying to the carrying out of the activity. 6 Section 68(1)(a)(ii)(B), ‘prescribed ERA’— omit, insert— general ERA Mineral and Energy Resources (Financial Provisioning) Act 2018 1 Sections 8, 27(2)(a)(i), 31A(2), 43(1), 47(1)(c), note and schedule 1, definitions environmental authority and residual risk payment amount, ‘resource activity’— omit, insert— resource ERA 2 Sections 27(3)(b)(i), 32(6)(b)(i) and 38(6)(b)(i), ‘resource project’— omit, insert— resource ERA project 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26
Schedule 1 Environmental Protection (Efficiency and Streamlining) and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2025 Page 214 Authorised by the Parliamentary Counsel 3 Schedule 1, definition administering authority, ‘or small scale mining tenure’— omit. 4 Schedule 1, definition holder, from ‘or small’ to ‘or tenure’— omit, insert— , means the holder of the authority 5 Schedule 1, definition resource activity, ‘section 107’— omit, insert— schedule 4 6 Schedule 1— insert— resource ERA see the Environmental Protection Act 1994, schedule 4. resource ERA project see the Environmental Protection Act 1994, section 112. Mining and Quarrying Safety and Health Act 1999 1 Section 61(6)— insert— ERA code see the Environmental Protection Act 1994, schedule 4. 2 Section 61(6), definition holder, from ‘includes’— omit, insert— 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23
Schedule 1 Environmental Protection (Efficiency and Streamlining) and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2025 Page 215 Authorised by the Parliamentary Counsel includes— (a) the holder of an environmental authority to carry out operations for land on which the mine is located; and (b) a person who carries out operations for land on which the mine is located under an ERA code. Petroleum and Gas (Production and Safety) Act 2004 1 Sections 41(2)(b)(iii), 84(2)(b)(iv), 121(1)(f), 132(2)(b)(iv), 164(2)(b)(iii), 170D(2)(b)(iii), 178(2), 192(2), 396(2)(b), 410(1)(a)(ii), 422A, 446(1)(a)(ii), 482(2)(b), ‘a relevant’— omit, insert— any relevant 2 Section 394(2)(e), ‘the relevant’— omit, insert— any relevant 3 Section 578(1)(c) and (d), after ‘authority’— insert— (if any) Planning Act 2016 1 Section 267(1)(b)(ii), ‘any authority’— omit, insert— 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22
Schedule 1 Environmental Protection (Efficiency and Streamlining) and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2025 Page 216 Authorised by the Parliamentary Counsel any authorisation 2 Section 267(1)(b)(ii)— insert— Examples of an authorisation for subparagraph (ii)— • an environmental authority issued under the Environmental Protection Act • an ERA code in effect under the Environmental Protection Act Recreation Areas Management Act 2006 1 Section 40, ‘Marine Parks Act 1982’— omit, insert— Marine Parks Act 2004 2 Before section 49— insert— Subdivision 1 Granting commercial activity permits 3 Section 52(5), ‘joint permission’— omit, insert— GBR region permit 4 Section 53(3)(d)(iv), ‘the Marine Parks Act 1982 or’— omit. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21
Schedule 1 Environmental Protection (Efficiency and Streamlining) and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2025 Page 217 Authorised by the Parliamentary Counsel 5 Section 54(2)(d), from ‘if’ to ‘joint permission permit—’— omit. 6 Before section 55B— insert— Subdivision 2 Renewing and amending commercial activity permits 7 Section 55B(1), after ‘commercial activity permit’— insert— , including a permit that is part of a single integrated permission, 8 Section 56(4A), ‘joint permission’— omit, insert— GBR region permit 9 Section 59(3), from ‘for an’— omit, insert— in relation to an application for a commercial activity permit or the transfer of a commercial activity permit. 10 Section 60, heading, ‘Permits’— omit, insert— Matters to be stated in permits 11 Section 66(1), ‘returning it and’— omit. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24
Schedule 1 Environmental Protection (Efficiency and Streamlining) and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2025 Page 218 Authorised by the Parliamentary Counsel 12 Section 68, ‘joint permission permit’— omit, insert— commercial activity permit 13 Section 111(1), ‘in a’— omit, insert— in relation to a 14 Section 111(2), ‘in the’— omit, insert— in relation to the 15 Section 132, ‘Marine Parks Act 1982’— omit, insert— Marine Parks Act 2004 16 Section 210, ‘section 208(2)’— omit, insert— section 208(1)(c) Strong and Sustainable Resource Communities Act 2017 1 Schedule 1, definition large resource project, ‘a resource project’— omit, insert— a resource ERA project 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21
Schedule 1 Environmental Protection (Efficiency and Streamlining) and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2025 Page 219 Authorised by the Parliamentary Counsel 2 Schedule 1, definition resource project— omit, insert— resource ERA project see the Environmental Protection Act 1994, section 112. Waste Reduction and Recycling Act 2011 1 Sections 72G(2)(b) and 72H(2)(b), after ‘for which the operator’— insert— is required to but 2 Schedule 1, definition waste facility, paragraph 2(b), ‘resource activities’— omit, insert— resource ERAs 3 Schedule 1, definition waste facility, paragraph 2(c) and (d)(iii)(B), ‘resource activity’— omit, insert— resource ERA Water Act 2000 1 Section 98(2), definition resource activity, ‘section 107’— omit, insert— schedule 4 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21
Schedule 1 Environmental Protection (Efficiency and Streamlining) and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2025 Page 220 Authorised by the Parliamentary Counsel 2 Section 738K, ‘prescribed ERA’— omit, insert— general ERA Water Supply (Safety and Reliability) Act 2008 1 Schedule 3, definition wastewater, paragraph (b), ‘section 107’— omit, insert— schedule 4 © State of Queensland 2025 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8