Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

ENVIRONMENT PROTECTION AND BIODIVERSITY CONSERVATION ACT 1999 - SECT 156

             (1)  If this Chapter specifies a time limit in business days in relation to a controlled action (or an action that the Minister believes may be or is a controlled action), the limit is to be worked out by reference to what is a business day in the place where the action is to be taken.

             (2)  A day is not to be counted as a business day for the purposes of subsection (1) if it is not a business day in all the places in which the action is to be taken.

             (3)  Failure to comply with a time limit set in this Chapter does not affect the validity of:

                     (a)  a decision under this Chapter; or

                     (b)  an assessment or approval under this Chapter.

Note:          The Minister must make a statement to Parliament about some failures to comply with time limits. See section 518.