ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION ACT 1994 - SECT 617
Validation of particular environmental authorities
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION ACT 1994 - SECT 617
Validation of particular environmental authorities
617 Validation of particular environmental authorities
(1) This section applies to an environmental authority issued or purporting to
have been issued— (a) on or after 1 July 1998 and before the commencement of
this section; and
(b) for— (i) a mining activity as defined in this Act
when the authority was issued or purported to have been issued; or
(ii) a
petroleum activity.
(2) The environmental authority is taken to be, and to
always have been, valid.