Queensland Consolidated Acts

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION ACT 1994 - SECT 810

810 Unamended Act continues to apply in relation to particular instruments

(1) The unamended Act continues to apply in relation to any of the following (each a
"relevant instrument" ) issued under the unamended Act before the commencement, as if the amending Act had not been enacted—

(a) an environmental protection order;

(b) a direction notice;

(c) a clean-up notice;

(d) a cost recovery notice.

(2) For subsection (1)—

(a) a review or appeal may be continued or started in relation to the relevant instrument under the unamended Act as if the amending Act had not been enacted; and

(b) any stay of a decision relating to the relevant instrument continues in effect under the unamended Act as if the amending Act had not been enacted.

(3) Also—

(a) a cost recovery notice may be issued in relation to a relevant instrument mentioned in subsection (1)(a) or (c) under the unamended Act as if the amending Act had not been enacted; and

(b) the unamended Act applies in relation to the cost recovery notice as if the amending Act had not been enacted.