Northern Territory Consolidated Acts Northern Territory Consolidated Acts28. Procedure for revocation
(1) The Minister may propose that an environment protection objective be revoked.
(2) Where the Minister proposes that an environment protection objective be revoked, he or she may place a notice in a newspaper circulating in the Territory.
(3) A notice under subsection (2) is to specify -
(a) that the Minister proposes that an environment protection objective be revoked;
(b) the reasons for the proposal; and
(c) that members of the public may make submissions in relation to the proposal by a date, specified in the notice, not earlier than 30 days after the date on which the notice appears in the newspaper.
(4) A person may, within the period specified in the notice in accordance with subsection (3)(c), make a submission to the Minister in relation to a proposal to revoke an environment protection objective.
(5) The Minister may submit to the Administrator a proposal to revoke an environment protection objective.
(6) Subject to subsection (7), the Minister may only submit to the Administrator a proposal under subsection (5) if -
(a) notice has been given in accordance with subsection (2); and
(b) the Minister has considered all submissions made under subsection (4) in relation to the proposal.
(7) Subsection (6) does not apply in relation to a proposal to revoke an environment protection objective if -
(a) the environment protection objective was submitted to the Administrator for approval under section 22; and
(b) the national environment protection measure to which the environment protection objective relates has been revoked under the National Environment Protection Council (Northern Territory) Act.