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ENVIRONMENT PROTECTION AND BIODIVERSITY CONSERVATION ACT 1999 - SECT 163

Providing advice
(1)
The Minister must give advice on the following matters to the Commonwealth agency or employee of the Commonwealth who referred the proposal to give an authorisation of the action:

(a)
whether the agency or employee should give the authorisation;

(b)
what conditions (if any) should be attached to the authorisation (if possible) to protect the environment;

(c)
any other matter relating to protection of the environment from the action.

(2)
The Minister must give the advice within 30 days of receiving:

(a)
a report mentioned in subsection 84(3) or section 95, 100 or 105 (as applied by section 162); or

(b)
a report of an inquiry under Division 7 of Part 8 (as applied by section 162) relating to the action.



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