Australian Capital Territory Consolidated Acts

NATIONAL ENVIRONMENT PROTECTION COUNCIL ACT 1994 - SECT 21B

    (1)     Before making a minor variation to a national environment protection measure, the council must publish a notice—

        (a)     stating how the draft of the proposed variation and the explanatory statement may be obtained; and

        (b)     inviting submissions to the council on the proposed variation, or on the explanatory statement, within a stated period.

    (2)     The notice must—

        (a)     be published in the Commonwealth of Australia Gazette ; and

        (b)     in each participating State or Territory concerned—also be published, on at least 1 day during the month when the Commonwealth of Australia Gazette notice is published, in a newspaper circulating in that State or Territory.

    (3)     The period stated in each notice under subsection (1) must end not less than 1 month after the day when subsection (2) (b) has been fully complied with in all participating jurisdictions.