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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION ACT 1994 - SECT 750

Definitions for part

750 Definitions for part

In this part—

"amended Act" means this Act as in force after the commencement.

"amending Act" means the Mineral and Energy Resources (Financial Provisioning) Act 2018.

"assent date" means the date of assent of the amending Act.

"environmental authority" includes a suspended environmental authority.

"land outcome document" , for land, means the following documents relating to the land—

(a) an environmental authority for a resource activity on the land;
(b) a document made under a condition of an environmental authority mentioned in paragraph (a), if—
(i) the document relates to the management of a void within the meaning of section 126D on the land, or the rehabilitation of the land; and
(ii) the document was received by the administering authority before the assent date; and
(iii) the administering authority has not, within 20 business days after the assent date, given notice to the holder of the environmental authority that the document is insufficient in a material particular relevant to a matter mentioned in subparagraph (i); and
(iv) before the assent date, the document had not been superseded;
(c) a document made under a condition of an environmental authority mentioned in paragraph (a), if—
(i) the document relates to the management of a void within the meaning of section 126D on the land, or the rehabilitation of the land; and
(ii) the environmental authority requires the document to be given to the administering authority on a stated day that is on or after the assent date, or does not state a day when the document must be given; and
(iii) the document is received by the administering authority within 3 years after the assent date; and
(iv) the administering authority does not, within 20 business days after receiving the document, give the holder of the environmental authority notice that the document is insufficient in a material particular relevant to a matter mentioned in subparagraph (i);
(d) a report evaluating an EIS under the State Development and Public Works Organisation Act 1971, section 34D;
(e) an EIS assessment report;
(f) a written agreement between the holder of an environmental authority mentioned in paragraph (a) and the State that is in force on the assent date.

"mining EA applicant" means an applicant for a site-specific application for a mining activity relating to a mining lease, if the application is made on or before the PRCP start date.

"mining EA holder" means—
(a) a person who, on the commencement, is the holder of an environmental authority for a mining activity relating to a mining lease, if a relevant activity for the authority is an ineligible ERA; or
(b) a person who becomes the holder of an environmental authority for a mining activity authorised under a mining lease, if the holder was, before the authority is issued, the mining EA applicant for the authority.

"PRCP start date" means the day, prescribed by regulation for this definition, that is no later than 1 November 2019.

"pre-amended Act" means this Act as in force before the commencement.



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