Environmental Protection Amendment Regulation (No. 1) 2020 (Qld)

1   Short title

This regulation may be cited as the Environmental Protection Amendment Regulation (No. 1) 2020.

2   Regulation amended

This regulation amends the Environmental Protection Regulation 2019.

3   Replacement of s 185 (When particular annual return must be given—Act, s 316IA)

Section 185—
omit, insert—

185   When annual return must be given—Act, s 316IA

(1)For section 316IA(2)(b)(i) of the Act, the day prescribed is—

(a)for the holder of an environmental authority for only a relevant prescribed ERA—the anniversary day for the holder’s environmental authority; or

(b)otherwise—1 April immediately following the year to which the annual return relates.

(2)In this section—

relevant prescribed ERA means—

(a)a prescribed ERA if the administration and enforcement of the Act in relation to the prescribed ERA is devolved to a local government under chapter 8, part 1; or

(b)a prescribed ERA mentioned in schedule 2, part 1, section 2, 3 or 4.

4   Amendment of sch 10 (Prescribed water contaminants)

Schedule 10, item 17, from ‘mentioned’—
omit.

5   Amendment of sch 15 (Fees)

Schedule 15, part 1—
insert—

4A application for a decision about whether an EIS would be required and, if applicable, for approval to prepare an EIS (Act, s 73B(d)) 701.00