New South Wales Consolidated Acts

NATIONAL ENVIRONMENT PROTECTION COUNCIL (NEW SOUTH WALES) ACT 1995 - SECT 18

18 Public consultation

(1) Before making a national environment protection measure, the Council must publish a notice:

(a) stating how the draft of the proposed measure and the impact statement may be obtained, and

(b) inviting submissions to the Council on the proposed measure, or on the impact statement, within a specified period.

(2) A notice must:

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

(b) so far as each participating State or Territory is concerned-also be published, on at least 2 days during the month when the Commonwealth of Australia Gazette notice is published, in a newspaper circulating in that State or Territory.

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