Queensland Consolidated Acts

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION ACT 1994 - SECT 698D

698D Effect of conversion

(1) This section applies if the conversion application is approved.

(2) From the day of the conversion, the former holder of the surrendered registration certificate becomes—

(a) the holder of an environmental authority that has been suspended under chapter 5, part 11A; and

(b) a registered suitable operator.

(3) From the day of the conversion—

(a) for a surrendered registration certificate mentioned in section 698A(a)—the development conditions of the development permit become conditions of the suspended environmental authority; or

(b) for a surrendered registration certificate mentioned in section 698A(b)—the standard environmental conditions of the code of environmental compliance become conditions of the suspended environmental authority, as standard conditions.

(4) The anniversary day for the suspended environmental authority is—

(a) for a surrendered registration certificate mentioned in section 698A(a)—the same as the anniversary day that applied to the registration certificate immediately before the commencement; or

(b) for a surrendered registration certificate mentioned in section 698A(b)—the anniversary day for the registration certificate.