Environmental Protection Act 1994

The administering authority may amend a transitional environmental program, or a condition imposed on a transitional environmental program, at any time if—

it considers the amendment is necessary or desirable for the purpose of the program achieving compliance with this Act for the activity to which the program relates and the procedure under subdivision 3 is followed; or

the holder of the program has agreed in writing to the amendment.

In deciding whether to amend a transitional environmental program or a condition imposed on a program, the administering authority—

must consider whether the program as affected by the amendment—

will result in increased environmental harm being caused by the carrying out of the activity under the program; and

will achieve full compliance with the Act for the matters dealt with by the program under section 349; and

must comply with any relevant regulatory requirement; and

subject to paragraph (b), must also consider the standard criteria.

Also, the administering authority must consider—

the period under the original program; and

the period that remains under the original program; and

any change to the period under the original program; and

the nature of the risk of environmental harm being caused by the activity.