ENVIRONMENT PROTECTION ACT 1997 - SECT 149 Notice to authority of alteration to equipment and works
ENVIRONMENT PROTECTION ACT 1997 - SECT 149
Notice to authority of alteration to equipment and works(1) The holder of an environmental authorisation must notify the authority in writing of any proposed installation, construction or modification to prescribed equipment and works in or on the premises on which the authorised activity is being, or is proposed to be, conducted.
Maximum penalty: 20 penalty units.
(2) For subsection (1), it is sufficient notification if the holder of the authorisation gives to the authority a copy of—
(a) the application under the Planning Act 2023
, chapter 7 for approval to undertake the development; or
(b) the application under the Building Act 2004
, part 3 for a building approval to carry out the relevant building work.
(3) The authority may, within 10 days after receiving notification of a proposal under subsection (1), require the holder of the environmental authorisation to provide further specified information (including plans and drawings) about the proposal by the specified date.
(4) A person must not fail to comply with a notice under subsection (3).
Maximum penalty: 50 penalty units.
(5) In subsection (1):
"prescribed equipment and works", in relation to premises, means equipment or works for—
(a) the discharge or emission of a pollutant from the premises; or
(b) the treatment or storage of a pollutant before such discharge or emission.