New South Wales Consolidated Acts

THREATENED SPECIES CONSERVATION ACT 1995 - SECT 61

61 Publication of draft recovery plan

(1) As soon as practicable after preparing a draft recovery plan, the Director-General must:

(a) give a copy of the draft recovery plan to the Scientific Committee, and

(b) give notice of the preparation of the draft recovery plan to any public authority that the Director-General knows is likely to be affected by the recovery plan, and

(c) publish notice of the preparation of the draft recovery plan in a newspaper circulating generally throughout the State and, if the recovery plan is likely to affect a particular area or areas (other than the State as a whole), in a newspaper circulating generally in that area or areas, and

(d) publish notice of the preparation of the draft recovery plan in the Gazette.

(2) The notice must:

(a) state that the draft recovery plan has been prepared, and

(b) specify the address of the place at which copies of the draft recovery plan may be inspected, and

(c) invite persons to make written submissions to the Director-General about the draft recovery plan, and

(d) specify the address of the place to which submissions about the draft recovery plan may be forwarded and the date by which submissions must be made.