ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION ACT 1986 - SECT 48E

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION ACT 1986 - SECT 48E

48E .         Minister may direct Authority to assess etc. referred schemes

        (1)         Having consulted the Authority and obtained the agreement of the responsible Minister, the Minister may —

            (a)         if the Authority decides not to assess a scheme referred to it under the relevant scheme Act, after that decision but before the period of public review of that scheme begins; or

            (b)         if the Authority decides to assess a scheme referred to it under the relevant scheme Act, after that assessment has begun but before that scheme is finally approved,

                direct the Authority to assess that scheme under this Division, or to reassess that scheme under this Division more fully or more publicly or both, as the case requires, in accordance with that direction, and the Authority shall comply with that direction.

        (2)         Sections 48A, 48B, 48C and 48D apply to the assessment or reassessment under this Division of a scheme under a direction given under subsection (1) as if that direction were a referral of the scheme under the relevant scheme Act.

        [Section 48E inserted: No. 23 of 1996 s. 20.]

[ 48F, 48G.         Deleted: No. 40 of 2020 s. 38.]

        [Heading inserted: No. 23 of 1996 s. 20.]