Melbourne Strategic Assessment (Environment Mitigation Levy) Act 2020
130Payments made under applicable Commonwealth approvals
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130 Payments made under applicable Commonwealth approvals
(a) before the commencement day, a person has complied with conditions of an applicable Commonwealth approval in relation to land by making a payment to the State (an MSA payment); and
(b) on the commencement day, that land is within the levy area.
(2) On the commencement day—
(a) the payment of an MSA payment is, despite this Act, taken to be a payment of the whole of the environment mitigation levy in relation to that land; and
(b) despite this Act, any levy liability in relation to that land is taken to be wholly discharged; and
(c) despite section 21, the levy cannot be imposed in relation to that land.