What the official record says
This Act is the Exclusive Economic Zone and Continental Shelf (Environmental Effects) (Transitional Provisions) Amendment Act . This Act comes into force on the day after the date on which it receives the Royal assent. This Act amends the Exclusive Economic Zone and Continental Shelf (Environmental Effects) Act 2012 (the ). Replace section 162(5) with: Despite subsection (4), if an application for a marine consent for an activity to which this section applies is lodged with the Environmental Protection Authority before the end of the term of the permit or privilege as it was on the day before this Act came into force, the activity may continue without a marine consent until— the application is decided under section 62 and any appeals are determined; or the application is returned as incomp