Expenditure from an environment protection fund
138 Expenditure from an environment protection fund
(1) The Minister must, by Gazette notice, determine the purposes for which the money in an environment protection fund may be expended.
A purpose determined for an environment protection fund:
must be a purpose specified in section 136(3); and
may also include the following:
the reimbursement of fees paid into the fund;
(ii) the reimbursement of any amount paid into the fund in relation to an enforceable undertaking.
(3) Any expenditure from an environment protection fund must be authorised by the Minister.
(4) If an environment protection fund includes an amount of levy paid in respect of a particular industry, that amount cannot be expended for the support of another industry unless the other industry is impacted by the particular industry.
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