ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION ACT 1986 - SECT 48G

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION ACT 1986 - SECT 48G

48G .         Review of conditions in statements published under section 48F

        (1)         A responsible authority may, after the publication of a statement under section 48F(2)(b) that sets out implementation conditions and before the responsible Minister or the Governor grants final approval of the scheme to which that statement relates, request the responsible Minister to initiate a review of any implementation conditions.

        (2)         If the responsible Minister agrees to a request under subsection (1), the responsible Minister and the Minister must consult each other and attempt to agree on whether or not the implementation conditions should be altered and, if so, to what extent.

        (3)         If implementation conditions are altered by agreement under this section or a decision under section 48J(e), the Minister must —

            (a)         cause copies of a statement setting out those conditions as altered to be delivered to —

                  (i)         the Authority; and

                  (ii)         the responsible Minister; and

                  (iii)         the responsible authority;

                and

            (b)         cause that statement to be published as soon after the service referred to in paragraph (a) as is practicable.

        (4)         Conditions altered by agreement under this section or a decision under section 48J(e) are taken for the purposes of this Act to have been agreed under section 48F or decided under section 48J.

        [Section 48G inserted: No. 40 of 2020 s. 39.]