Northern Territory Numbered Acts

ENVIRONMENT PROTECTION AUTHORITY AMENDMENT ACT 2010 (NO 5 OF 2010) - SECT 8

After section 7

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7A     Authority and Minister may make administrative arrangement

    (1)     The Authority may make an administrative arrangement with the Minister about the exercise of its powers and performance of its function.

    (2)     The arrangement may, for example, deal with the following:

    (a)     informing the Minister about an inquiry it is conducting or intends to conduct;

    (b)     the scope of the inquiry.

    (3)     Subsection (2) does not limit the matters that may be dealt with in the arrangement.

    (4)     However, the arrangement does not affect the Authority's independence.

    (5)     The Authority must publicise the arrangement in the way it considers appropriate.