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).]