(1) An environmental authority continues in force until the earlier of the
following to happen—
(a) if the environmental authority states it will lapse
after a stated period—the end of the stated period;
(b) the authority is
cancelled, surrendered or suspended under this chapter.
(2) To remove any
doubt, it is declared that an environmental authority continues in force in
relation to an ERA carried out on land identified by reference to a resource
tenure even if the resource tenure expires or is cancelled.
