#### 62 Exclusion of EP&A Act, Part 5—the Act, s 52 62 Exclusion of EP&A Act, Part 5—the Act, s 52 > The [Environmental Planning and Assessment Act 1979](/view/html/inforce/current/act-1979-203), Part 5, does not apply to the issue of an environment protection licence referred to in the Act, section 52(1) to the extent that the licence authorises only the same or substantially the same work or activity, and level of work or activity, as was being carried out immediately before the application for the issue of the licence was made.

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Section 62 - Protection of the Environment Operations (General) Regulation 2022 - Exclusion of EP&A Act, Part 5—the Act, s 52 — Zoe