The Minister is not to
approve under section 15, or section 17 as read with section 15, a proposed
master plan or amendment referred to the EPA under section 19 if he or she has
reached agreement with the Minister for the Environment under section
48A(2)(b) of the EP Act, or until —
(a) he
or she is informed under section 48A(1)(a) of the EP Act that the EPA
considers that that master plan or amendment should not be assessed by the EPA
under Part IV Division 3 of the EP Act; or
(b) he
or she has received a statement delivered under section 48F(2), or a decision
has been made under section 48J, of the EP Act in respect of the conditions,
if any, to which that master plan or amendment is subject; or
(c) the
period of 28 days referred to in section 48A(1)(b)(i) of the EP Act has
expired without the EPA having informed the Authority under that section,
whichever first
occurs, and he or she is satisfied that the conditions, if any, to which that
master plan or amendment is subject have been incorporated into that master
plan or amendment.
[Heading inserted: No. 8 of 2011 s. 8.]