Queensland Consolidated Acts Queensland Consolidated Acts(1) The Minister must give public notice when a new draft coastal plan has been prepared.
(2) The notice must--
(a) be published in--
(i) if a State plan is being reviewed--a newspaper circulating generally throughout the State; or
(ii) if a regional plan is being reviewed--a newspaper circulating generally throughout the region; and
(iii) any other newspapers the Minister considers appropriate; and
(b) state where copies of the draft plan may be inspected and, on payment of a fee, purchased; and
(c) invite written submissions from the public; and
(d) state a day (not earlier than 40 business days from the publication of the notice) by which submissions may be made and the place where the submissions may be made.
(3) The Minister must send a copy of the notice--
(a) and draft plan to each local government and port authority within the area covered by the draft plan; and
(b) to any other group or person the Minister considers appropriate.
(4) A local government or port authority receiving a copy of the draft plan must make the copy available for inspection by the public.