ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION ACT 1986 - SECT 100

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION ACT 1986 - SECT 100

100 .         Appeals against Authority’s decisions etc. as to proposals and schemes

        (1)         Any decision-making authority, responsible authority, proponent or other person that disagrees with —

            (a)         a recorded decision of the Authority that a proposal is not to be assessed, other than a decision that includes a recommendation that the proposal be dealt with under Part V Division 2; or

        [(b), (c)         deleted]

            (d)         the content of, or any recommendation in, the report prepared under section 44 in respect of a proposal; or

            (e)         the content of, or any recommendation in, the report prepared under section 48D in respect of a scheme,

                may lodge with the Minister an appeal in writing setting out the grounds of the appeal.

        (1a)         In subsection (1) —

        recorded means set out in a public record under section 39(1).

        [(2)         deleted]

        (3)         Any proponent that disagrees with any conditions or procedures agreed under section 45(3) or (4) (or under section 45(3) or (4) as applied by section 46(8)) may lodge with the Minister an appeal in writing setting out the grounds of that appeal.

        (3a)         An appeal may be lodged —

            (a)         under subsection (1)(a), within 21 days of the making available of the public record; or

            (b)         under subsection (1)(d), within 21 days of the publication of the report under section 44(3)(a); or

            (c)         under subsection (1)(e), within 21 days of the publication of the report under section 48D(3)(a); or

            (d)         under subsection (3), within 14 days after the publication of the Ministerial statement setting out the agreement.

        [(e)         deleted]

        (4)         A proponent who is aggrieved by —

            (a)         a notice served on the proponent under section 48(7)(b); or

            (b)         the taking of any steps under section 48(7)(c) or (d),

                may, within 14 days of the service of that order or the taking of the last of those steps, as the case requires, lodge with the Minister an appeal in writing setting out the grounds of that appeal.

        [Section 100 amended: No. 73 of 1994 s. 4; No. 23 of 1996 s. 22; No. 54 of 2003 s. 23; No. 40 of 2010 s. 6; No. 40 of 2020 s. 84.]