ENVIRONMENT EFFECTS ACT 1978 - SECT 8C Decisions not to be made and works not to proceed until assessment considered
ENVIRONMENT EFFECTS ACT 1978 - SECT 8C
Decisions not to be made and works not to proceed until assessment considered(1) If the Minister gives a notice under section 8B to a person or body (other than the proponent) advising that a statement should be prepared for works—
(a) the works must not proceed; and
(b) no decision can be made under an Act or law by that person or body in relation to the works until—
(i) the proponent has caused the statement to be prepared and submitted to the Minister for the Minister's assessment of the environmental effects of the works; and
(ii) the assessment has been considered by that person or body.
(2) Sections 4(3), 5, 6(1) and 6(3) apply to the preparation of a statement referred to in subsection (1).
S. 8D inserted by No. 86/2005 s. 7.