Western Australian Current Acts

SWAN VALLEY PLANNING ACT 2020 - SECT 24

24 .         Commission’s duties if proposed scheme or amendment to be assessed under Environmental Protection Act 1986

        (1)         This section applies if the Commission has been informed by the EPA under the Environmental Protection Act 1986 section 48A(1)(b)(i) that a proposed scheme or amendment referred to the EPA under section 20 should be assessed by the EPA under Part IV Division 3 of that Act.

        (2)         The Commission must —

            (a)         as soon as practicable, but in any event within 7 days after the expiry of the period during which the proposed scheme or amendment is advertised under section 23, give the EPA a copy of each submission —

                  (i)         made during that period; and

                  (ii)         relating wholly or partly to environmental issues raised by the proposed scheme or amendment;

                and

            (b)         within 42 days, or any longer period that the Minister allows, after the expiry of the period referred to in paragraph (a), inform the EPA of its views on and response to the environmental issues raised by the submissions referred to in paragraph (a).