New South Wales Consolidated Acts

NATIONAL ENVIRONMENT PROTECTION COUNCIL (NEW SOUTH WALES) ACT 1995 - SECT 22B

22B Public consultation for minor variation

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

(a) stating how the draft of the proposed variation and the explanatory statement may be obtained, and

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

(2) A notice must:

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

(b) in each participating State or Territory concerned-also be published, on at least 1 day 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 1 month after the day on which subsection (2) (b) has been fully complied with in all participating jurisdictions.