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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION ACT 1986 - SECT 42

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION ACT 1986 - SECT 42

42 .         Conduct of public inquiries under s. 40(2)(c)

        (1)         The Royal Commissions Act 1968 applies to and in relation to a public inquiry conducted under section 40(2)(c) as if references in that Act to —

            (a)         a Commission were references to the Authority or to the relevant committee; and

            (b)         the Chairman were references to the Chair of the Authority or to the member presiding over the relevant committee; and

            (c)         a Commissioner were references to an Authority member or to a member of the relevant committee,

                appointed under that section.

        (2)         The Authority shall, after conducting a public inquiry under section 40(2)(c) or considering the report of the relevant committee appointed under that section to conduct a public inquiry, as the case requires, incorporate the findings made by it —

            (a)         on the public inquiry conducted by it; or

            (b)         on that report,

                as the case requires, in the report prepared by it under section 44.

        [Section 42 amended: No. 40 of 2020 s. 24 and 111(1).]