Environment Protection Act (Cap. 549)
Environment Protection Act (Cap. 549), article 63
63. (1) Any aggrieved party may appeal from any decision of
the Authority to the Tribunal in accordance with the provisions of
the Environment and Planning Review Tribunal Act and any
regulations made thereunder.
Cap. 551.
(2) A registered interested party in accordance with the provisi on
of article 59(3) may file an appeal from a decision of the Boar d of the
Authority or of the Commission relating to an environmental per mit
with the Tribunal according to the Environment and Planning Review
Tribunal Act .
Obligations. 64. (1) An environment obligation may be entered into in
those cases where the Authority, in connection with a grant of an
authorisation, seeks to impose on the applicant an obligation:
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(a) to carry out an activity benefiting the environment in
line with the objectiv es of this Act; or
(b) to make some payment, financial or in kind, toward an
environmental purpose, o r confer some extraneous
right or benefit to the environment, as the Authority
considers it to be more appropriate in the public
interest and in line with the objectives of this Act. The
Authority shall seek to obtain these benefits or gains
by means of conditions attached to a grant of the
authorisation or by means of an environment
obligation entered into by a public deed made by the
applicant for the authorisation with the Authority.
(2) Any person may, by agreement with the Authority, enter
into an environment obligation, which may include:
(a) mutually agreed terms in relation to the access of
genetic resources and benefit-sharing;
(b) restricting the use of that land or operation in any
specified way;
(c) requiring specified operations or activities to be
carried out, in, on, under o r over that land or area;
(d) requiring that land or area to be used in any specified
way; or
(e) requiring a sum or sums to be paid to the Authority on
a specified date or dat es or periodically.
(3) The Minister may, in consultation with the Authority, make
regulations for giving better effect to the provisions of this article
and may, without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing:
(a) prescribe the procedure how an environmental
obligation may be entered into, enforced, modified and
discharged; and
(b) establish any restrictions, conditions or the payment of
any sums of money which may be imposed in such
environment obligations.
(4) The imposition of, or agreement to enter into, an
environmental obligation shall:
(a) not constitute an entitlement to an authorisation,
licence or permit which would otherwise, considering
the merits of the case, not be granted or would only be
partly granted; and
(b) in the case of the granting of an authorisation, licence
or permit, be additional and without prejudice to the
imposition of any relevant conditions, limitations and
approved specifications.
2. Revocation or modification of authorisations
and Discontinuance or removal orders
Revocation and
modification.
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