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Protection of the Environment Administration Act 1991
12AEnvironmental assessment
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12A Environmental assessment
12A Environmental assessment
(1) The Authority is not a determining authority within the meaning of Part 5 of the Environmental Planning and Assessment Act 1979 in respect of an approval (within the meaning of that Part) under the environment protection legislation that consists of the renewal of a licence or the renewal of a certificate of registration.
(2) This section applies in respect of such an approval in force (or purporting to be in force) at the commencement of this section or granted after the commencement of this section.
s 12A: Ins 1993 No 40, sec 3.