Inviting other Commonwealth Ministers to provide information
- (1)
- As soon as
practicable after receiving a referral of a proposal to take an action, the
Minister (the Environment Minister ) must:
- (a)
- inform any other Minister whom the Environment Minister believes has
administrative responsibilities relating to the proposal; and
- (b)
- invite each other Minister informed to give the Environment Minister
within 10 business days information that relates to the proposed action and is
relevant to deciding whether or not the proposed action is a controlled
action.
Inviting comments from appropriate State or Territory Minister
- (2)
- As soon
as practicable after receiving, from the person proposing to take an action or
from a Commonwealth agency, a referral of a proposal to take an action in a
State or self-governing Territory, the Environment Minister must:
- (a)
- inform the appropriate Minister of the State or Territory; and
- (b)
- invite that Minister to give the Environment Minister comments within 10
business days on whether the proposed action is a controlled action;
if the Environment Minister thinks the action may have an impact on a matter
protected by a provision of Division 1 of Part 3 (about matters of national
environmental significance).
- Note: Subsection (2) also applies in relation to actions to be taken in an
area offshore from a State or the Northern Territory. See section 157.
Inviting public comment
- (3)
- As soon as practicable after receiving a
referral of a proposal to take an action, the Environment Minister must cause
to be published on the Internet:
- (a)
- the referral; and
- (b)
- an invitation for anyone to give the Minister comments within 10 business
days (measured in Canberra) on whether the action is a controlled action.
Section does not apply if proponent says action is controlled action
- (4)
- This section does not apply in relation to a referral of a proposal to take an
action by the person proposing to take the action if the person states in the
referral that the person thinks the action is a controlled action.
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