Victorian Current Acts

WATER ACT 1989 - SECT 48H

    (1)     If the Minister gives preliminary approval to a request, he or she must make sure that—

        (a)     everyone who made a submission on the request is notified of the giving of preliminary approval; and

        (b)     a notice of the giving of preliminary approval is published in a newspaper circulating generally in the area concerned.

    (2)     A notice published under subsection (1)(b) must—

        (a)     set out the prescribed particulars of the request; and

        (b)     set out particulars of the place or places at which a copy or summary of the request and the preliminary approval may be inspected; and

        (c)     advise that any interested person may ask for a summary of the preliminary approval in the manner specified in the notice; and

        (d)     invite written comments on the preliminary approval to be made within 60 days or any longer period that is specified in the notice; and

        (e)     advise that anyone who so applies will be notified of the final outcome of the request.

    (3)     After considering all written comments made on the preliminary approval in response to a notice published under subsection (1)(b), the Minister must decide either to—

        (a)     refuse the request; or

        (b)     approve the request and allocate the entitlement under section 48B.

    (4)     If the Minister refuses a request under subsection (3)(a), he or she must make sure that a notice of the refusal is published in a newspaper circulating generally in the area concerned.

S. 48I inserted by No. 99/2005 s. 24.