Australian Capital Territory
Environment Protection (Declarations of non-application of section 48) Revocation 2008 (No 1)
Disallowable instrument DI 2008 —200 
made under the
Environment Protection Act 1997, s.48 (Consultation on application for environmental authorisation) – see also Legislation Act 2001, s.46 (Power to make instrument includes power to amend or repeal)

EXPLANATORY STATEMENT

The Environment Protection Act 1997 (the Act) establishes a scheme for application and grant of environmental authorisations for activities that may harm the environment. Part of that scheme includes a requirement in section 48 that the Environment Protection Authority (the EPA) advertise applications for authorisations and accept submissions from the public about them.

Subsection 48(6) empowers the Minister to declare that Section 48 (and its requirement for advertisement of authorisation applications) does not apply to a given activity.

This instrument revokes the following disallowable instruments made under subsection 48(6) of the Act:

•	DI2002-156 Environment Protection Declaration of non-application of section 48 2002 (No. 1);
•	DI2003-14 Environment Protection Declaration of non-application of section 48 2003 (No. 1); and
•	DI2003-31 Environment Protection declaration that consultation under section 48 on application for an environmental authorisation is not to apply to this prescribed activity 2003 (No. 2).