Australian Capital Territory Numbered Acts

WATER RESOURCES ACT 2007 (NO. 19 OF 2007) - SECT 14

    (1)     After preparing draft guidelines under section 13, the authority must prepare a written notice (a "consultation notice")—

        (a)     containing a brief description of the draft guidelines; and

        (b)     stating that copies of the draft guidelines are available for public inspection for a period (the consultation period ) and at the place stated in the notice; and

        (c)     inviting people to give written comments about the draft guidelines to the authority in the consultation period.

    (2)     The consultation period must be at least 60 days.

    (3)     The consultation notice—

        (a)     is a notifiable instrument; and

        (b)     must be published in a daily newspaper circulating generally in the ACT.

Note     A notifiable instrument must be notified under the Legislation Act.

    (4)     The authority must consider any written comments given to it in the consultation period and may revise the draft guidelines in accordance with the comments as it considers appropriate.

    (5)     This section does not apply to a draft amendment of the environmental flow guidelines that is to make formal changes only.