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Section 27: Effect of EIA licence

Environment Protection Act · PART IV: ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT

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27. Effect of EIA licence (1) No civil or criminal liability in respect of an undertaking or consequence resulting from an undertaking shall be incurred by Government, the Minister, or any public officer, by reason of the approval of an EIA or the grant of an EIA licence, or by reason of any conditions attached to an EIA licence. (2) The fact that an EIA licence is issued in respect of an undertaking shall afford no defence to any civil action or to a prosecution under any enactment, other than section 15 (2), concerning that undertaking or the manner it is operated or managed.

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