Northern Territory Consolidated Acts Northern Territory Consolidated Acts19. Notification of intention to prepare draft environment protection objectives
(1) The Minister may propose the preparation of a draft environment protection objective.
(2) Where the Minister proposes to prepare a draft environment protection objective, he or she may place a notice in a newspaper circulating in the Territory.
(3) A notice under subsection (2) is to -
(a) specify that the Minister proposes to prepare a draft environment protection objective;
(b) provide an outline of the proposal;
(c) specify the place where copies of the proposal may be viewed or purchased; and
(d) specify that members of the public may make submissions to the Minister in relation to the proposal on or before a date, specified in the notice, not earlier than 30 days after the date on which the notice appears in the newspaper.
(4) The Minister must ensure that a proposal to prepare a draft environment protection objective to which a notice under subsection (2) relates is available for viewing and purchase by the public -
(a) at the place specified in the notice in accordance with subsection (3)(c); and
(b) until the end of the date specified in the notice in accordance with subsection (3)(d).
(5) A person may, on or before the date specified in the notice in accordance with subsection (3)(d), make a submission to the Minister in relation to a proposal to prepare a draft environment protection objective.