Commonwealth Consolidated Regulations Commonwealth Consolidated Regulations(1) This regulation applies to an application for a permit to which paragraph 17.01 (ab) applies if the proposed access is not a controlled action.
Note For the meaning of controlled action , see the Act, section 67.
(2) The application must be assessed by public notice if the Minister believes, on reasonable grounds, that the proposed access to biological resources is likely to have more than negligible environmental impact.
(3) After all the documents required to consider an application have been received by the Minister and the application is required to be assessed by public notice:
(a) the Minister must tell the applicant, within 20 business days after receiving all the required documents, that the application is required to be assessed by public notice; and
(b) the applicant must give the Minister a summary of the likely environmental impacts of the proposed access; and
(c) within 10 business days after receiving the summary, the Minister must:
(i) publish on the Internet a notice inviting any person to comment on the likely environmental impacts of the proposed access within a specified time (which must be at least 10 business days); and
(ii) invite each person registered under regulation 8A.17 to give comments to the Minister within a specified time (which must be at least 10 business days); and
(iii) publish on the Internet any documents relevant to public consideration of the proposed access and its environmental impact; and
(d) within 5 business days after the end of the period allowed by the invitation for comments, the Minister must give the applicant a copy of any comments received by the Minister.
(4) The applicant must give the Minister a copy of any response the applicant wishes to make to any comments received.