Queensland Consolidated Acts

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION ACT 1994 - SECT 706

706 Effect of proposed standard environmental conditions prepared before commencement of amending Act

(1) This section applies if—

(a) a draft code of environmental compliance (a
"draft code" ) was prepared under the unamended Act before the commencement; and

(b) the draft code includes proposed standard environmental conditions (the
"proposed conditions" ); and

(c) the draft code is not approved or made under the unamended Act before the commencement.

(2) The chief executive may, under section 318D(1), make the proposed conditions, with or without changes, as standard conditions for an environmentally relevant activity or environmental authority, without complying with section 318C if—

(a) public consultation was carried out for the draft code; and

(b) the public consultation was carried out in a way that is substantially similar to the requirements under section 318C.