(1)  A participating regulator in relation to a major project must give to the Panel a notice (a final advice ) in relation to the major project before the end of the 42-day period, or a longer period allowed by the Minister, after the last hearing in relation to the project is held under section 60ZZE .

(2)  A final advice in relation to a major project is a notice, given by a participating regulator, that –

(a) contains a requirement for the permit to be refused; or

(b) contains a requirement in relation to conditions or restrictions.

(3)  For the purposes of subsection (2)(a) , a requirement for the permit to be refused is a statement that the regulator requests the Panel to refuse to grant a major project permit in relation to the major project.

(4)  For the purposes of subsection (2)(b) , a requirement in relation to conditions or restrictions is –

(a) a statement that the regulator does not request the Panel to refuse to grant a major project permit in relation to the major project; and

(b) either –

(i) that the regulator does not request the Panel to impose conditions or restrictions on a major project permit, if the Panel were to grant such a permit in relation to the major project; or

(ii) the conditions or restrictions that the regulator requests the Panel to impose on a major project permit, if the Panel were to grant such a permit in relation to the major project.

(5)  A participating regulator in relation to a major project must, before giving to the Panel a final advice under subsection (1) in relation to the major project, consider any matters, raised in representations or hearings in relation to the major project, that are, in the opinion of the participating regulator, relevant to the regulator's consideration of whether –

(a) to request the Panel, in the final advice, to refuse to grant a major project permit in relation to the major project; or

(b) to request the Panel, in the final advice, to impose conditions or restrictions on any major project permit that may be granted in relation to the major project.