Australian Capital Territory Current Acts

ENVIRONMENT PROTECTION ACT 1997 - SECT 46

    (1)     The authority may, on application, grant—

        (a)     a standard environmental authorisation in relation to any prescribed activity; or

        (b)     an accredited environmental authorisation in relation to a prescribed activity in relation to which effect has been given or is being given to an environmental improvement initiative; or

        (c)     a special environmental authorisation in relation to a prescribed activity that is being conducted for the purposes of research and development, including for the purpose of trialling experimental equipment.

    (2)     In this section:

"environment improvement initiative" means—

        (a)     an environmental protection agreement that has as one of its terms a requirement that a party comply with a code of practice accredited under section 31 ; or

        (b)     an environmental improvement plan accredited under section 72; or

        (c)     a prescribed standard of the International Organization for Standardization; or

        (d)     a prescribed initiative.