Environmental Protection Act 1994

This section applies if—

a draft code of environmental compliance (a draft code) was prepared under the unamended Act before the commencement; and

the draft code includes proposed standard environmental conditions (the proposed conditions); and

the draft code is not approved or made under the unamended Act before the commencement.

The chief executive may, under section 318D(1), make the proposed conditions, with or without changes, as standard conditions for an environmentally relevant activity or environmental authority, without complying with section 318C if—

public consultation was carried out for the draft code; and

the public consultation was carried out in a way that is substantially similar to the requirements under section 318C.