ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION ACT 1994 - SECT 56 Response to submissions

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION ACT 1994 - SECT 56

56 Response to submissions

(1) The chief executive must, within 10 business days after the submission period ends, give the proponent a copy of the following documents—

(a) each submission accepted by the chief executive;

(b) if a public interest evaluation has been carried out for a proposed non-use management area for the project—the report about the public interest evaluation.

(1A) However, if the report mentioned in subsection (1) (b) is received by the chief executive after the submission period ends, the chief executive must give the proponent copies of the documents mentioned in subsection (1) within 10 business days after the report is received by the chief executive.

(1B) If subsection (1) (b) applies, the chief executive must also, subject to section 316PE , give a copy of the report to each person who made a submission under section 54 about the EIS at the same time as the chief executive gives the proponent a copy of the report.

(2) The proponent must, within the relevant period, consider the submissions and give the chief executive—

(a) a summary of the submissions; and

(b) a statement of the proponent’s response to the submissions; and

(c) if subsection (1) (b) applies—a statement of the proponent’s response to the report; and

(d) any amendments of the submitted EIS because of the submissions or report, together with an EIS amendment notice under section 66 for the amendments.

(3) In this section—


"relevant period" means—

(a) generally—

(i) if section (1)(b) applies and an entity asks for a review of the report under section 316PC —20 business days after notice of the reviewing entity’s decision is given to the proponent under section 316PC (7) ; or

(ii) otherwise—20 business days after the proponent is given a copy of all submissions accepted by the chief executive; or

(b) if the chief executive and the proponent have, within the 20 business days, agreed to a different period—the different period.