NATURE CONSERVATION ACT 1992 - SECT 70O Amendment of designation

NATURE CONSERVATION ACT 1992 - SECT 70O

70O Amendment of designation

(1) The chief executive may, by an entry in the proposed protected area register, amend the designation of an area as a proposed protected area if subsections (2) to (5) have been complied with.

(2) The chief executive must publish a notice of a proposed amendment in a newspaper likely to be read by people particularly affected by it.

(3) The notice must state the following—

(a) the location of the area;

(b) the proposed amendment;

(c) that any entity may comment about the proposal to the chief executive;

(d) the period during which comments may be made.

(4) The stated period must be at least 35 days after the publication of the notice.

(5) The chief executive must consider any comment about the proposal made during the period.