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Environmental Protection Regulation 2019
sec.184AQualifications and experience for carrying out public interest evaluations
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### sec.184A Qualifications and experience for carrying out public interest evaluations
This section prescribes the experience and qualifications an entity must have that are necessary to carry out a public interest evaluation for the following provisions of the Act —
section 49 (8) , definition qualified entity ;
section 136A (3) , definition qualified entity ;
section 316PC (4) (a) .
The entity must have a qualification relating to each of the following areas (each a relevant field ) that gives the entity the necessary competence for carrying out the evaluation—
environmental risk assessment;
financial impact assessment;
regional and State macro-economic assessment;
rehabilitation planning and management;
resource project planning and management;
social impact assessment.
Also, the entity must have at least 10 years of demonstrated experience in each relevant field.
A substantial part of the experience mentioned in subsection (3) must be relevant to—
mining; and
for a relevant field mentioned in subsection (2) (d) or (e) —
the nature of the mineral to be mined; and
the mining method and associated impacts.
s 184A ins 2019 SL No. 198 s 9
(sec.184A-ssec.1) This section prescribes the experience and qualifications an entity must have that are necessary to carry out a public interest evaluation for the following provisions of the Act — section 49 (8) , definition qualified entity ; section 136A (3) , definition qualified entity ; section 316PC (4) (a) .
(sec.184A-ssec.2) The entity must have a qualification relating to each of the following areas (each a relevant field ) that gives the entity the necessary competence for carrying out the evaluation— environmental risk assessment; financial impact assessment; regional and State macro-economic assessment; rehabilitation planning and management; resource project planning and management; social impact assessment.
(sec.184A-ssec.3) Also, the entity must have at least 10 years of demonstrated experience in each relevant field.
(sec.184A-ssec.4) A substantial part of the experience mentioned in subsection (3) must be relevant to— mining; and for a relevant field mentioned in subsection (2) (d) or (e) — the nature of the mineral to be mined; and the mining method and associated impacts.
- (a) section 49 (8) , definition qualified entity ;
- (b) section 136A (3) , definition qualified entity ;
- (c) section 316PC (4) (a) .
- (a) environmental risk assessment;
- (b) financial impact assessment;
- (c) regional and State macro-economic assessment;
- (d) rehabilitation planning and management;
- (e) resource project planning and management;
- (f) social impact assessment.
- (a) mining; and
- (b) for a relevant field mentioned in subsection (2) (d) or (e) — (i) the nature of the mineral to be mined; and (ii) the mining method and associated impacts.
- (i) the nature of the mineral to be mined; and
- (ii) the mining method and associated impacts.
- (i) the nature of the mineral to be mined; and
- (ii) the mining method and associated impacts.