(1) This section
applies if the Authority assesses a significant amendment of an approved
proposal.
(2) The Authority must
assess the significant amendment in the context of the approved proposal and
have regard to the combined effect that the implementation of the approved
proposal and the significant amendment might have on the environment.
(3) For the purposes
of subsection (2) the Authority may inquire into and report on the
implementation conditions relating to the approved proposal.
(4) Each of those
implementation conditions continues to apply in relation to the approved
proposal subject to —
(a) it
being amended under section 45C or 46(9); or
(b)
revised conditions or procedures being agreed or decided under sections 45 and
45A in relation to the approved proposal after the significant amendment has
been assessed.
(5) Subsection 41A(1)
does not apply to the doing of anything to implement the approved proposal.
(6) If a statement is
served and published under subsection 45(8), it may be in the form of —
(a) a
statement that only applies to the significant amendment; or
(b) a
statement that includes the implementation conditions for the approved
proposal as amended by the significant amendment, and supersedes the previous
Ministerial statement relating to the approved proposal.
[Section 40AA inserted: No. 40 of 2020 s. 19.]