(1) If, on an
application under this Division or before the determination of the proceedings
commenced by an application under this Division, the ERD Court is satisfied
that, in order to protect native vegetation from clearance or to preserve the
rights or interests of parties to the proceedings, or for any other reason, it
is desirable to make an interim order under this section, the Court may make
such an order.
(2) An interim
order—
(a) may
be made on an application in the absence of the respondent; and
(b) may
be made whether or not the application has been referred to a conference under
section 31A(5); and
(c) will
be made subject to such conditions as the Court thinks fit; and
(d) will
not (as such) operate after the proceedings in which it is made are finally
determined.