sec.24AExemption—wild river area under the repealed Wild Rivers Act 2005

### sec.24A Exemption—wild river area under the repealed Wild Rivers Act 2005 This section applies to a resource activity if the activity— is carried out on land that— is in a strategic environmental area; and was in a wild river area under the repealed Wild Rivers Act 2005 (a former wild river area ) immediately before the repeal of that Act; and is carried out under an environmental authority given, or applied for, before the repeal of the Wild Rivers Act 2005 . To the extent the resource activity is carried out in the former wild river area, it is an exempt resource activity for the strategic environmental area. However, subsection (2) ceases to apply to the resource activity if— after the repeal of the Wild Rivers Act 2005 , the authority holder makes an amendment application under the Environmental Protection Act , section 224 to amend the environmental authority; and the amendment application is approved; and the amendment involves either of the following— an increase in the area of land subject to expected surface impacts from the activity; a change to the location of the land subject to expected surface impacts from the activity. s 24A ins 2014 No. 40 s 120A (sec.24A-ssec.1) This section applies to a resource activity if the activity— is carried out on land that— is in a strategic environmental area; and was in a wild river area under the repealed Wild Rivers Act 2005 (a former wild river area ) immediately before the repeal of that Act; and is carried out under an environmental authority given, or applied for, before the repeal of the Wild Rivers Act 2005 . (sec.24A-ssec.2) To the extent the resource activity is carried out in the former wild river area, it is an exempt resource activity for the strategic environmental area. (sec.24A-ssec.3) However, subsection (2) ceases to apply to the resource activity if— after the repeal of the Wild Rivers Act 2005 , the authority holder makes an amendment application under the Environmental Protection Act , section 224 to amend the environmental authority; and the amendment application is approved; and the amendment involves either of the following— an increase in the area of land subject to expected surface impacts from the activity; a change to the location of the land subject to expected surface impacts from the activity. - (a) is carried out on land that— (i) is in a strategic environmental area; and (ii) was in a wild river area under the repealed Wild Rivers Act 2005 (a former wild river area ) immediately before the repeal of that Act; and - (i) is in a strategic environmental area; and - (ii) was in a wild river area under the repealed Wild Rivers Act 2005 (a former wild river area ) immediately before the repeal of that Act; and - (b) is carried out under an environmental authority given, or applied for, before the repeal of the Wild Rivers Act 2005 . - (i) is in a strategic environmental area; and - (ii) was in a wild river area under the repealed Wild Rivers Act 2005 (a former wild river area ) immediately before the repeal of that Act; and - (a) after the repeal of the Wild Rivers Act 2005 , the authority holder makes an amendment application under the Environmental Protection Act , section 224 to amend the environmental authority; and - (b) the amendment application is approved; and - (c) the amendment involves either of the following— (i) an increase in the area of land subject to expected surface impacts from the activity; (ii) a change to the location of the land subject to expected surface impacts from the activity. - (i) an increase in the area of land subject to expected surface impacts from the activity; - (ii) a change to the location of the land subject to expected surface impacts from the activity. - (i) an increase in the area of land subject to expected surface impacts from the activity; - (ii) a change to the location of the land subject to expected surface impacts from the activity.