ENVIRONMENT PROTECTION ACT 1993 - SECT 18B
ENVIRONMENT PROTECTION ACT 1993 - SECT 18B
18B—Powers and functions of administering agencies
(1) An administering
agency that is a council has the function of administering and enforcing this
Act in relation to activities in its area other than—
(a)
prescribed activities of environmental significance or activities undertaken
at the same place as a prescribed activity of environmental significance;
(b)
activities undertaken by the Crown, the council or another public authority or
a prescribed person or body;
(c) any
other activities prescribed by regulation for the purposes of this subsection.
(2) An administering
agency, other than the Authority or a council, has the function of
administering and enforcing this Act in relation to activities prescribed by
regulation (subject to any conditions specified in the regulations) other than
prescribed activities of environmental significance or activities undertaken
at the same place as a prescribed activity of environmental significance.
(3) The conferral of a
function on an administering agency under subsection (1) or (2) is not to
be taken to limit or affect the performance of that function by the Authority.
(4) A reference in
this Act to an administering agency is, in relation to an administering agency
other than the Authority, a reference to the administering agency only in
relation to functions conferred on the administering agency under this
section.