Queensland Consolidated Acts

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION ACT 1994 - SECT 664

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immediately before the commencement of this section, a geothermal activity was authorised to be carried out under the repealed Geothermal Exploration Act 2004; and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.

(2) Section 426 does not apply to the person—

(a) within 12 months after the commencement; and

(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.