Environmental Protection Act 1994

This section applies if the administering authority—

is taken to have decided to approve a standard application under section 169A; or

decides to approve another application for an environmental authority; or

decides under section 170(3) or 171(2)(b) to issue an environmental authority; or

decides to approve a draft PRCP schedule for a proposed PRC plan.

The administering authority must—

for a decision mentioned in subsection (1)(a), (b) or (c)—issue an environmental authority to the applicant within the period stated in section 196 for the decision; or

for a decision mentioned in subsection (1)(d)—issue a PRCP schedule to the applicant within the period stated in section 196 for the decision.