Environmental Protection Act 1994

The administering authority’s final decision on an application for an environmental authority must be—

if a draft environmental authority was given for the application—

the application be approved on the basis of the draft environmental authority for the application; or

the application be approved, but on stated conditions that are different from the conditions in the draft environmental authority; or

the application be refused; or

if a draft environmental authority was not given for the application—

the application be approved subject to conditions; or

the application be refused.

The administering authority’s final decision on a proposed PRC plan for the application for the environmental authority must be—

the draft PRCP schedule for the plan be approved, with or without conditions or amendment; or

the draft PRCP schedule be refused.

If the administering authority refuses to approve a draft PRCP schedule for a proposed PRC plan for an application for an environmental authority, the administering authority must also refuse the application for the environmental authority.