New South Wales Consolidated Acts

ENVIRONMENTALLY HAZARDOUS CHEMICALS ACT 1985 - SECT 19

19 Notice of Authority’s intention

(1) When it intends to make an assessment of a chemical, the Authority shall cause notice of its intention to be published in the Gazette.

(2) A notice under subsection (1) shall contain the prescribed particulars and shall invite any person so disposed to make submissions to the Authority within a time specified in the notice, being a time not shorter than the prescribed time.

(3) A chemical control order or a determination under section 20 (d) is of no effect unless it is made after the expiry of the time specified, as referred to in subsection (2), in a notice published under subsection (1) in respect of the order or determination.