Queensland Consolidated Acts

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION ACT 1994 - SECT 670

670 Existing non-code compliant application for a level 1 mining project

(1) This section applies to an environmental authority (mining lease) application made before the commencement if—

(a) it is a non-code compliant application for a level 1 mining project; and

(b) the Land Court has, under section 222 of the unamended Act, given a recommendation to the MRA Minister; and

(c) at the commencement, the EPA Minister has not decided the application.

(2) Sections 224 and 225 of the unamended Act continue to apply in relation to the application as if the sections had not been amended by the amending Act.