- (1)
- Within 10 business days after making a decision on the approach to be used
for assessment of the relevant impacts of an action, the Minister must:
- (a)
- give written notice of the decision to:
- (i)
- the designated proponent of the action; and
- (ii)
- if the action is to be taken in a State or self-governing Territory and a
controlling provision for the action is in Division 1 of Part 3 (which deals
with matters of national environmental significance)—the appropriate
Minister of the State or Territory; and
- (b)
- publish notice of the decision in accordance with the regulations.
- Note 1: Section 156 sets out rules about time limits.
Note 2: Subparagraph (1)(a)(ii) also applies to actions to be taken in an area
offshore from a State or the Northern Territory. See section 157.
- (2)
- If the Minister decided that the relevant impacts of the action are to be
assessed by an accredited assessment process, the written notice and the
published notice must specify the process.
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