252Environmental assessment

#### 252 Environmental assessment 252 Environmental assessment > > (1) The Minister may, on the application of a person who proposes to undertake an assessment (for the purposes of this Act or the [Environmental Planning and Assessment Act 1979](/view/html/inforce/current/act-1979-203)) of the likely effect on the environment of the activities to be carried out under an authority or a mineral claim, grant a permit to the applicant to enter any land so as to enable the person to undertake the assessment. > > > (2) (Repealed) > > > (3) The holder of a permit under this section, and any employee or agent of the holder, may, in accordance with the permit— > > > > > (a) enter the land to which the permit relates, and > > > > > (b) do on that land all such things as are reasonably necessary to carry out the assessment to which the permit relates. > > > (4), (5) (Repealed) > > > (6) A permit under this section may not be granted in respect of land within a national park, state conservation area, regional park, historic site, nature reserve, karst conservation reserve, Aboriginal area, wildlife refuge or Aboriginal place within the meaning of the [National Parks and Wildlife Act 1974](/view/html/inforce/current/act-1974-080) except with the concurrence of the Minister administering that Act. > > > (7) A permit under this section may not be granted in respect of land within a marine park within the meaning of the [Marine Estate Management Act 2014](/view/html/inforce/current/act-2014-072) except with the concurrence of the relevant Ministers within the meaning of that Act. > > **s 252:** Am 1996 No 58, Sch 2.6; 1997 No 64, Sch 4.2; 2006 No 120, Sch 2.54; 2008 No 107, Sch 19 \[30\]–\[32\]; 2014 No 72, Sch 4.7.