(1) Section 136Aand parts 3 to 5 apply in relation to the amendment
application—
(a) if the amendment application is for a PRCP schedule—as if
the amendment application and amended rehabilitation part for the holder’s
PRC plan were a proposed PRC plan accompanying a site-specific application; or
(b) otherwise—as if it were a site-specific application.
(2) However, if
the amendment application is for a PRCP schedule, part 4 does not apply to the
application to the extent the change—
(a) reduces the area of a non-use
management area under the schedule; or
(b) is likely to reduce, or cause no
change to, the impacts on environmental values caused by the activities the
subject of the schedule.
(2A) Also, the following provisions do not apply for
an amendment application for an environmental authority for a mining activity
relating to a mining lease—
(3A) Also, if the assessment level decision is that the amendment
is a major amendment, an assessment of the application under parts 3 to 5 as
applied by this section may not proceed until the prescribed assessment fee is
paid.
(4) To remove any doubt, it is declared that a submission made under
section 160, as applied under subsection (1) —
(a) may be made about an
existing provision of the environmental authority or PRCP schedule only to the
extent the provision is proposed to be amended under the amendment
application; and
(b) can not be made about activities carried out under the
environmental authority or PRCP schedule before the deciding of the amendment
application.