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ENVIRONMENT EFFECTS ACT 1978 - SECT 9 Minister may cause inquiries to be held

ENVIRONMENT EFFECTS ACT 1978 - SECT 9

Minister may cause inquiries to be held

    (1)     The Minister may, with the approval of the Governor in Council, appoint one or more persons to hold an inquiry (whether in public or in private as he sees fit) into the environmental effects of any works or proposed works to which this Act applies.

S. 9(2) amended by No. 86/2005 s. 8.

    (2)     The Minister may at any time invite and receive comments on the environmental effect of any works or proposed works from the public in general or from such sections of the public as are determined by him.

S. 9(3) inserted by No. 72/1998 s. 9.

    (3)     If the Minister appoints one or more persons under subsection (1) to hold an inquiry into any works or proposed works, the Minister may ask the proponent of those works to contribute an amount specified by the Minister to the costs of the inquiry.

S. 10 amended by No. 86/2005 s. 9(2) (ILA s. 39B(1)).