Queensland Consolidated Acts

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION ACT 1994 - SECT 73F

(1) If the administering authority decides to grant the application, the authority must give the applicant 1 or more certificates (each a registration certificate) for the activities applied for within—

(a) if the authority requests a suitability report about the applicant—20 business days after receiving the application; or

(b) if the authority does not request a suitability report about the applicant—10 business days after receiving the application.

(2) Subject to subsection (3), if the activities are carried out at 2 or more places, a separate registration certificate must be granted for the activities carried out at each place.

(3) A single registration certificate may be granted for activities carried out at different places if—

(a) the administering authority is satisfied the activities will be carried out as a single integrated operation; or

(b) all the following apply—

(i) the applicant is a local government;

(ii) the applicant asks the administering authority to grant a single registration certificate for the activities;

(iii) the activities do not constitute a significant business activity;

(iv) the administering authority is satisfied it would be appropriate, having regard to the level of integration of the activities, to grant a single registration certificate for them.

(4) For this section, activities are carried out as a single integrated operation if—

(a) the activities are carried out under the day to day management of a single responsible person, for example, a site or operations manager; and

(b) the activities are operationally interrelated; and

(c) the integrated operation of the activities leads to a lower risk of environmental harm being caused by the activities; and

(d) the activities are, or will be, carried out at 2 or more places at or about the same time, and the places where they are carried out are separated by distances short enough to make feasible the integrated day to day management of the activities.

(5) If—

(a) the administering authority grants 2 or more registration certificates; and

(b) the fee paid by the applicant under section 73D(3)(b) was for a single registration certificate;

the applicant must pay the fees for the additional registration certificates.

(6) If the authority decides to refuse the application, the authority must give the applicant an information notice about the decision within—

(a) if the authority requests a suitability report for the application—20 business days of receiving the application; or

(b) if the authority does not request a suitability report for the application—10 business days of receiving the application.

(7) A registration certificate authorises the registered operator to carry out the activities stated in the certificate at the place or places stated in the certificate.

(8) If the authority does not act under subsection (1), (2), (3) or (6)—

(a) the applicant is taken to have been granted a registration certificate for the activities applied for; and

(b) the authority must issue the registration certificate as soon as practicable.

(9) In this section—

significant business activity has the meaning given by the Local Government Act 2009, section 43.