ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION ACT 1994 - SECT 665
Deferral of requirement for environmental authority for Birdsville geothermal lease
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION ACT 1994 - SECT 665
Deferral of requirement for environmental authority for Birdsville geothermal lease
665 Deferral of requirement for environmental authority for Birdsville
geothermal lease
(1) This section applies for the geothermal lease that, under the Geothermal
Act, section 389(1) Ergon Energy is taken to have been granted on the date of
assent of that Act.
(2) Section 426 does not apply to Ergon Energy or another
person who, under the Geothermal Act, carries out an authorised activity for
the lease—
(a) within 12 months after the commencement of this section; and
(b) if, within the 12 months, Ergon Energy applies for an environmental
authority for authorised activities for the lease—until the application has
been decided.
(3) In this section—
"Ergon Energy" means Ergon Energy Corporation Limited ACN 087 646 062 or
anyone else who holds the lease mentioned in subsection (1).
