ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION ACT 1994 - SECT 586A Existing authority becomes an environmental authority (mining activities)

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION ACT 1994 - SECT 586A

586A Existing authority becomes an environmental authority (mining activities)

(1) This section applies if, on 1 January 2001—

(a) an environmental authority had been issued; and

(b) the authority was for, or included, a mining activity; and

(c) the authority could not take effect until a mining tenement was granted.

(2) From the day the tenement was or is granted, the authority is taken to be an environmental authority (mining activities).

(3) Chapter 5 applies to the authority, subject to division 4.