Requirement for licence
36 Requirement for licence
A person must not undertake a prescribed activity of environmental significance except as authorised by an environmental authorisation in the form of a licence under this Part. Maximum penalty:
in the case of a body corporate—$120 000;
in the case of a natural person—$60 000.
The Authority may, by notice in writing, exempt a person undertaking a prescribed activity of environmental significance from subsection (1) if the Authority is satisfied that—
another person who is principally responsible for the activity will be authorised in accordance with that subsection to undertake the activity;
and
the activity can be properly regulated through the authorisation granted to that other person.
The Authority may, by notice in writing, revoke an exemption under subsection (2).
The subsequent Divisions of this Part do not apply to an exemption under subsection (2).
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