ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION ACT 1994 - SECT 678A Application to convert particular existing conditions into environmental authority

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION ACT 1994 - SECT 678A

678A Application to convert particular existing conditions into environmental authority

(1) Subsection (2) applies if—

(a) immediately before the commencement, a development permit for a chapter 4 activity is in effect, but no registration certificate for the activity was issued; or

(b) after the commencement, a development permit for a chapter 4 activity comes into effect under section 678.

(2) A person may apply to the chief executive to convert the development conditions of the permit into an environmental authority for a prescribed ERA.

(3) Subsection (4) applies if—

(a) immediately before the commencement—

(i) a UDA development approval for a chapter 4 activity is in effect; and

(ii) UDA development conditions (the
"relevant conditions" ) of the UDA development approval nominate the administering authority to be the nominated assessing authority for the conditions under the ULDA Act, section 58(a); and

(iii) no registration certificate for the activity was issued; or

(b) after the commencement—

(i) a PDA development approval for a chapter 4 activity, applied for before the commencement, comes into effect; and

(ii) PDA development conditions (also the
"relevant conditions" ) of the UDA development approval nominate the administering authority to be the nominated assessing authority for the conditions under the Economic Development Act 2012, section 88(a); and

(iii) no registration certificate for the activity is issued.

(4) A person may apply to the chief executive to convert the relevant conditions into an environmental authority for a prescribed ERA.

(5) In this section—


"PDA development approval" see the Economic Development Act 2012, schedule 1.


"PDA development condition" see the Economic Development Act 2012, section 85(4)(b).