Environment Protection Act 1997

If the authority prepares a draft environment protection policy, the authority must also prepare a notice—

containing a brief description of the draft policy; and

stating where the draft policy is available to the public; and

inviting anyone to make suggestions or comments about the draft policy to the authority, at the place stated in the notice, within 40 working days after the day the notice is notified under the Legislation Act (the consultation period).

The notice is a notifiable instrument.

The authority must give additional public notice of the notice.

Public notice means notice on an ACT government website or in a daily newspaper circulating in the ACT (see Legislation Act, dict, pt 1). The requirement in s (3) is in addition to the requirement for notification on the legislation register as a notifiable instrument.

During the consultation period, the authority must make the draft environment protection policy available to the public in accordance with the notice.

The authority must also send a copy of a draft policy, without charge, to an entity prescribed by regulation.