Definitions
224 Definitions
In this Division:
notifiable incident means:
(a) an incident that causes or threatens material environmental harm or significant environmental harm and that occurs at a site at which:
(i) an action is being carried out under an environmental approval; or
(ii) a proposed action or strategic proposal is undergoing environmental impact assessment; or
(iii) a mining activity is being carried out under an environmental (mining) licence; or
an incident prescribed by regulation to be a notifiable incident.
operator, in relation to a site at which a recordable incident occurs, means:
the approval holder for the action; or
the proponent of the proposed action or strategic proposal; or
(c) the mining operator who holds the environmental (mining) licence to carry out the mining activity.
recordable incident means an incident, other than a notifiable incident, that:
occurs at a site at which:
(i) an action is being carried out under an environmental approval; or
(ii) a proposed action or strategic proposal is undergoing environmental impact assessment; or
(iii) a mining activity is being carried out under an environmental (mining) licence; and
causes or threatens environmental harm.
This provision refers to the regulations (prescribed by regulation
). Made under this Act:
This Act’s bill:Explanatory statementSecond reading speech
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