ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION ACT 1986 - SECT 40A

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION ACT 1986 - SECT 40A

40A .         Termination of assessment

        (1)         The Authority may terminate the assessment of a proposal if —

            (a)         the proponent agrees with the termination; or

            (aa)         the Authority receives written notice from the proponent that the proponent does not wish to proceed with the proposal; or

            (b)         the proponent has failed to comply with —

                  (i)         a requirement made under section 40(2)(a) or (b); or

                  (ii)         section 40(6)(a); or

                  (iii)         a requirement made under section 40(6)(b),

                within such period as the Authority considers to be reasonable in the circumstances; or

            (c)         a decision-making authority has refused to approve the proposal.

        (2)         Subsection (1)(c) does not authorise the termination of the assessment if the refusal by the decision-making authority —

            (a)         is being appealed against or reviewed under an enactment; or

            (b)         is capable of being appealed against or reviewed under an enactment.

        [Section 40A inserted: No. 54 of 2003 s. 10; amended: No. 40 of 2020 s. 20.]