New South Wales Consolidated Acts

SNOWY HYDRO CORPORATISATION ACT 1997 - SECT 27

27 Public consultation on review or variation of licence

(1) The Water Administration Ministerial Corporation is to undertake public consultation in accordance with this section in connection with:

(a) any review of the Snowy water licence under section 25, or

(b) any variation of the Snowy water licence.

(2) In order to give the public an opportunity to make submissions, the Water Administration Ministerial Corporation must:

(a) exhibit at its Head Office and its regional offices a copy of the provisions under review or the proposed variation, and

(b) in the case of a review-also so exhibit a copy of each state of the environment report of the Snowy Scientific Committee under section 57 (4), and

(c) allow a period of at least 30 days for public comment, and

(d) before the matter is exhibited, advertise the dates and places of exhibition and the period allowed for public comment in a newspaper circulating generally throughout the State.

For the purposes of paragraph (b), a copy of a report that is more than 5 years old need not be exhibited if a copy of the report is available on request for inspection at the place of exhibition.