Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

ENVIRONMENT PROTECTION AND BIODIVERSITY CONSERVATION ACT 1999 - SECT 156D

  (1)   If the Minister decides to accept a varied proposal to take an action:

  (a)   any provisions of this Chapter   that, because of subsection   156A(4), have ceased to apply in relation to the original proposal start to apply in relation to the varied proposal; and

  (b)   for the purpose of the application of those provisions, anything done in relation to the original proposal is taken to have been done in relation to the varied proposal.

  (2)   If the Minister decides not to accept a varied proposal to take an action, any provisions of this Chapter   that, because of subsection   156A(4), have ceased to apply in relation to the original proposal start to apply in relation to that proposal.

  (3)   For the purpose of the application of the provisions of this Chapter   in relation to the varied proposal under subsection   (1), or in relation to the original proposal under subsection   (2), a day is not to be counted as a business day if it is:

  (a)   on or after the day the Minister received the request under subsection   156A(1) to accept the varied proposal; and

  (b)   on or before the day the Minister made the decision under subsection   156B(1).