ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION ACT 1994 - SECT 664
Deferral of requirement for environmental authority for existing authorised geothermal activities
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION ACT 1994 - SECT 664
Deferral of requirement for environmental authority for existing authorised geothermal activities
664 Deferral of requirement for environmental authority for existing
authorised geothermal activities
(1) This section applies if—
(a) immediately before the commencement of this
section, a geothermal activity was authorised to be carried out under the
repealed Geothermal Exploration Act 2004; and
(b) a person was carrying out
the activity before the commencement.
(b) if, within the
12 months, the person applies for an environmental authority for the carrying
out of the activity—until the application has been decided.