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FORESTRY ACT 2012 - SECT 69I
Public notice and public availability of agreements, assessments, assessment documents, approvals and reports
69I Public notice and public availability of agreements, assessments,
assessment documents, approvals and reports
(1) The Minister must cause public notice to be given of the following-- (a)
the making of a forest agreement made under this Act, and any amendment or
termination of a forest agreement,
(b) the granting of an
integrated forestry operations approval under this Act, and any amendment,
suspension or revocation of an integrated forestry operations approval.
Any
such notice is to state the place at which copies of the relevant documents
will be available for public inspection.
(2) Copies of the following
documents are to be available for public inspection at the head office and the
appropriate regional office of the Office of Environment and Heritage (as
determined by the Chief Executive of the Office), and at such other offices or
places as the Chief Executive of the Office directs-- (a) each
forest agreement made under this Act, and any amendment or termination of a
forest agreement (together with a statement of the reasons for the amendment
or termination),
(b) each integrated forestry operations approval granted
under this Act, and any amendment, suspension or revocation of an
integrated forestry operations approval (together with a statement of the
reasons for the amendment, suspension or revocation),
(c) the terms of
reference of each 5-yearly review of a forest agreement,
(d) the last annual
report on, and the report on the last 5-yearly review of, each
forest agreement that are tabled in Parliament.
(3) A person may take copies
of any such documents on payment of a charge determined by the Chief Executive
of the Office of Environment and Heritage to cover the actual cost of the
copying.
(4) Any such document need only be available for public inspection
during ordinary office hours.
(5) An obligation under subsection (1) or (2)
is to be complied with within 7 days after the relevant matter arises.
(6)
Copies of documents required to be made available under subsection (2) must
also be made available, as soon as practicable, on the Internet by means of
the website of the Office of Environment and Heritage.
(7) After the
commencement of Schedule 2 to the Forestry Legislation Amendment Act 2018 , a
reference in this section to the Office of Environment and Heritage is taken
to be a reference to the Environment Protection Authority Staff Agency.
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