(1) The administering authority may only impose a condition on an
environmental authority, draft environmental authority, PRCP schedule or draft
PRCP schedule if—
(a) it considers the condition is necessary or desirable;
and
(b) if the authority is for an application to which section 115applies—the condition relates to the carrying out of the relevant prescribed
ERA.
(2) Despite subsection (1) , if this Act or a regulatory requirement
requires the administering authority to impose a condition, the administering
authority must impose the condition.
(3) Subsection (1) only applies for a
proposed condition for an environmental authority given for a standard
application if—
(a) the application relates to a mining lease; and
(b) a
properly made submission was made for the application; and
(c) the condition
is not a standard condition for the relevant activity or authority.