Queensland Consolidated Acts

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION ACT 1994 - SECT 59A

59A Lapsing of EIS assessment report

(1) An EIS assessment report for a project lapses—

(a) on the day that is 3 years after the day the chief executive gives the proponent the EIS assessment report under section 57 (2) ; or

(b) if, before the day mentioned in paragraph (a) , the chief executive extends the period mentioned in that paragraph—on the day the extended period ends.

(2) However, if the proponent applies for an environmental authority before the EIS assessment report lapses under subsection (1) , the report does not lapse until—

(a) if the application for the environmental authority is refused—the application is decided and any appeal against the decision is finalised or withdrawn; or

(b) if the application for the environmental authority is granted—the authority takes effect.