54—Conditions requiring environment improvement programme
(1) The Authority may,
by conditions of an environmental authorisation, require the holder of the
authorisation—
(a) to
develop, in accordance with specified requirements and to the satisfaction of
the Authority, an environment improvement programme containing requirements of
a kind specified by the Authority in accordance with this section; and
(ab) to
undertake public consultation, in accordance with specified requirements, in
the course of developing the proposed environment improvement program; and
(b) to
comply with the requirements of the environment improvement programme as
developed by the holder of the authorisation and approved by the Authority.
(2) An environment
improvement programme may contain requirements of the following kinds:
(a)
requirements specifying action to be taken within specified periods by the
holder of the authorisation to achieve compliance with the general
environmental duty under Part 4 in relation to the activity undertaken
pursuant to the authorisation;
(b)
where mandatory provisions of an environment protection policy that apply to
the activity undertaken pursuant to the authorisation are to come into
operation on a specified future day—requirements specifying action to be
taken within specified periods by the holder of the authorisation to achieve
compliance with the mandatory provisions on or before that day;
(c)
requirements specifying action to be taken within specified periods by the
holder of the authorisation to give effect to non-mandatory provisions of an
environment protection policy.