Part 1Preliminary1Short titleThis regulation may be cited as the Environmental Protection (Financial Provisioning) and Other Legislation Amendment Regulation 2019.2CommencementThis regulation commences on 1 April 2019.Part 2Amendment of Environmental Protection Regulation 20083Regulation amended This part amends the Environmental Protection Regulation 2008.4Omission of ch 3, pt 1, div 2A (Amount and form of financial assurance for environmental authorities)Chapter 3, part 1, division 2A—omit.5Amendment of s 24AA (Prescribed documents for application for environmental authority for a CSG activity—Act, s 125)Section 24AA(1), ‘section 125(1)(n)’—omit, insert—section 125(1)(o)6Amendment of s 138 (Fee for anniversary changeover application)(1)Section 138(1), ‘section 310(2)’—omit, insert—section 316L(2)(2)Section 138(2), definition anniversary changeover application, ‘section 310’—omit, insert—section 316L7Insertion of new s 144CABefore section 144D—insert—144CA When particular annual return must be given—Act, s 316IA(1)This section applies in relation to the holder of an environmental authority for—

(a)a prescribed ERA devolved to a prescribed local government under section 101; or

(b)an activity mentioned only in schedule 2, part 1, section 2, 3 or 4.

(2)For section 316IA(2)(b)(i) of the Act, the day prescribed is the anniversary day for the holder’s environmental authority.8Amendment of sch 2C (Prescribed conditions for small scale mining activities)(1)Schedule 2C, part 2, item 8, from ‘administering’ to ‘calculated’—omit, insert—scheme manager a surety of an amount prescribed(2)Schedule 2C, part 2—insert—8AThe surety must be paid—

(a)before the day the relevant activity is carried out under the mining tenure; and

(b)as security for—

(i)compliance with other prescribed conditions for carrying out the small scale mining activity; and

(ii)costs or expenses, or likely costs or expenses, mentioned in section 316C of the Act.

(3)Schedule 2C, part 2, item 10, note—omit, insert—Notes—

1Under the Act, section 712(2), the amount of financial assurance for an environmental authority held by the administering authority is taken to be the financial assurance required under this condition.

2Under the Mineral and Energy Resources (Financial Provisioning) Act 2018, section 90, the financial assurance required under this condition is taken to be a surety given under part 3 of that Act for the small scale mining tenure.

(4)Schedule 2C, part 2, item 11—omit.9Amendment of sch 2D (Rates of financial assurance)Schedule 2D, heading, ‘Rates of financial assurance’—omit, insert—Amount of surety10Amendment of sch 10 (Fees)(1)Schedule 10, part 2, items 7 and 7A—omit, insert—7amendment application (Act, s 226(1)(c))—(a)for an amendment of an environmental authority 327.60(b)for an amendment of a PRCP schedule327.60(c) for an amendment of an environmental authority and the PRCP schedule to which the authority relates 327.607Aassessment fee for amendment application (Act, s 228(4))—(a)for amendment of an environmental authority30% of the annual fee for the authority the subject of the application(b)for an amendment of an environmental authority and the PRCP schedule to which the authority relates 30% of the annual fee for the authority the subject of the application (c)for an amendment of only the PRCP schedule to which an environmental authority relates 30% of the annual fee for the authority to which the PRCP schedule the subject of the application relates(2)Schedule 10, part 2, item 9, ‘s 246(d)’—omit, insert—s 246(e)Part 3Amendment of State Penalties Enforcement Regulation 201411Regulation amendedThis part amends the State Penalties Enforcement Regulation 2014.12Amendment of sch 1 (Infringement notice offences and fines for nominated laws)(1)Schedule 1, entry for Environmental Protection Act 1994, column 1 and 2 entries for sections 287, 290, 291(3), 293(2), 314(7), 320B(2), 371(1), 371(2), 376(7), 386, 391(7), 405(6), 420(2), 421(2), 423(4), 423(5) and 427—omit.(2)Schedule 1, entry for Environmental Protection Act 1994—insert—s 285(2)525s 291525s 294525s 295(3)525s 302(2)525s 303(4)525s 304(2)525s 316H(2)525s 316IA(2)525s 316P(7)20100s 320B(3)5-s 320DA(1)510s 320DA(3)310s 394(5)510s 407(2)310s 407(3)310s 408(2)310s 431A20100s 431B(3)20100s 431C(2)20100