New South Wales Consolidated Acts

SYDNEY WATER CATCHMENT MANAGEMENT ACT 1998 - SECT 38

38 Public exhibition of memoranda of understanding

(1) The SCA must give notice of the preparation of each memorandum of understanding to which it is a party.

(2) The notice is to be given in a newspaper circulating in the area of operations of the SCA and must:

(a) specify the address of the place at which copies of the memorandum of understanding may be inspected, and

(b) specify the address to which representations concerning the memorandum of understanding may be forwarded.

(3) Any person may, within 30 days or such longer period as may be specified in the notice, make representations to the SCA and to the regulatory agency concerned about the memorandum of understanding.

(4) The SCA and each regulatory agency must, on the expiration of the period referred to in subsection (3), and before entering into the memorandum of understanding, consider any representations made under this section.

(5) Notice of the execution of a memorandum of understanding is to be published in the Gazette and in a newspaper circulating in the area of operations of the SCA within 14 days after the execution.

(6) The requirements of this section apply to an amendment to a memorandum of understanding in the same way as they apply to a memorandum of understanding.