Queensland Numbered Acts

WATER AND OTHER LEGISLATION AMENDMENT ACT 2011 No. 40 - SECT 48

Section 132—

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'(1) Subsection (2) applies when the chief executive is satisfied an application under section 130 has been properly made and the applicant has given the chief executive any additional information requested about the application.

'(2) The chief executive must give the applicant a notice the applicant must publish within the time and in the newspaper or newspapers stated by the chief executive.

'(3) The notice must include at least the following—

(a) where copies of the application may be inspected and, on payment of a fee, purchased;

(b) that written submissions may be made by any entity about the application;

(c) a day (the closing day) by which submissions must be made, and the person to whom, and the place where, the submissions must be made.

'(4) The closing day must not be earlier than 30 business days after the day the notice is published.

'(5) If the notice has been published as required under subsection (2), the applicant must, within 10 business days after the publication of the notice, give the chief executive a copy of the page in the newspaper or newspapers containing the notice.

'(6) If the applicant fails to comply with subsection (2) or (5), the application lapses.

'(7) If the notice has been published as required under subsection (2)—

(a) the chief executive may send a copy of the notice to any other entity the chief executive considers appropriate; and

(b) the chief executive may decide the application after the closing day.'.