Queensland Consolidated Acts Queensland Consolidated Acts(1) The administering authority may approve a surrender application for a part of the environmental authority.
(2) However, the administering authority may refuse the application if—
(a) the applicant has not made an amendment application for the part of the environmental authority not sought to be surrendered and the administering authority considers that it is appropriate to amend the environmental authority to reflect the proposed partial surrender; or
(b) the environmental authority is for a chapter 5A activity project and, after the proposed partial surrender, the environmental authority would not apply to all remaining areas that form the project.
(3) Subsection (2) does not limit sections 311P and 311Q.