New South Wales Consolidated Acts

ENVIRONMENTALLY HAZARDOUS CHEMICALS ACT 1985 - SECT 21

21 Notification of order or determination

(1) The Authority shall cause notice of the making of a chemical control order or of a determination under section 20 (d) to be published in the Gazette.

(2) A notice under subsection (1):

(a) shall describe the chemical, chemical waste or prescribed activity to which it relates,

(b) shall state:

(i) the terms of the chemical control order made by the Authority, or

(ii) that the Authority has determined not to make any such order,

as the case may require,

(c) where it states the terms of a chemical control order, shall also state:

(i) the date of commencement of the order, being a date not earlier than the date of expiry of the time prescribed for the purposes of section 38 (1) with respect to an appeal against the making of the order, and

(ii) the basis on which the Authority determined to make the order, and

(d) where it states that the Authority has determined not to make a chemical control order, shall also state the basis on which the Authority so determined.

(3) Without prejudice to any other manner in which the Authority may comply with the requirement, the Authority, where it is required by this section to state the basis on which its determination was made, may make the statement by reference to the whole or a part of any document that is available to the public, being a document embodying a recommendation of the Committee or any other person or body.

Note: For orders under this section see the Historical notes at the end of this Act.