(1) If a decision of
the Authority that a proposal is to be assessed has been set out in the public
record under section 39, a person who does anything to implement the proposal
before a statement is published under section 45(8)(b) or a notification is
given under section 45(13) commits an offence.
(2) Subsection (1)
applies even if the assessment of the proposal has been terminated under
section 40A and applies as if the references to section 45(8)(b) and (13) were
references to the application of those provisions to any new proposal referred
to the Authority under section 38 in place of the terminated proposal.
(3) Subsection (1)
does not apply to minor or preliminary work done with the Authority’s
consent.
[Section 41A inserted: No. 54 of 2003 s. 12;
amended: No. 40 of 2020 s. 23.]