Environment Protection Act 1997

If the authority enters into an environmental protection agreement under section 38 (Entering agreements), the authority must prepare a notice stating that the agreement—

has been entered into; and

is available to the public under section 19 (Public access to documents).

The notice is a notifiable instrument.

Within 10 working days after the day an environmental protection agreement is notified under the Legislation Act, the authority must give additional public notice of the accreditation.

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.

The Minister may declare that this section does not apply to an environmental protection agreement if satisfied that the implementation of the agreement—

is not likely to cause environmental harm; or

is likely to cause environmental harm, but not material environmental harm.

A declaration under subsection (4) is a disallowable instrument.