MINERAL RESOURCES AND OTHER LEGISLATION AMENDMENT ACT 2005 No. 8 - SECT 27 27 Replacement of s 265 (Mining registrar to fix hearing date)
MINERAL RESOURCES AND OTHER LEGISLATION AMENDMENT ACT 2005 No. 8 - SECT 27
27 Replacement of s 265 (Mining registrar to fix hearing date)Section 265--
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'(1) The mining registrar must, within 5 business days after the last objection day for the application, refer the application and all properly made objections to it to the tribunal for hearing.
'(2) The tribunal must fix a date for the hearing and immediately give written notice of the date to each of the following--
(a) the mining registrar;
(b) the applicant;
(c) the EPA administering authority;
(d) each person who has lodged a properly made objection to the application.
'(3) The hearing date must be at least 20 business days after the later of the following--
(a) the last objection day for the application;
(b) the day a section 254 conference about the application ends.
'(4) In this section--
properly made objection means an objection lodged in accordance with section 260.'.