Review of operation of Act
50 Review of operation of Act
Requirement to conduct reviews
The Minister must cause independent reviews of the operation of this Act to be conducted in accordance with this section.
Matters review must consider
Without limiting subsection (1), a review must consider whether, and to what extent, this Act has:
improved the availability and accessibility of high quality national environmental information and data; and
improved accountability for matters that affect the environment through regular, comprehensive and transparent reporting.
Frequency of reviews
The first review must be completed within 5 years after the commencement of this section.
Each subsequent review must be completed within 5 years after the completion of the previous review.
For the purposes of subsections (3) and (4), a review is completed on the day after the day the report of the review is given to the Minister.
Report of review
The person who, or body that, conducts a review must give the Minister a written report of the review.
The Minister must arrange for a copy of the report to be tabled in each House of the Parliament, within 15 sitting days of that House after the Minister receives the report.
Response to review
The Minister must arrange for a response to the review to be:
tabled in each House of the Parliament, within 6 months of the day a copy of the report of the review is tabled in that House; and
published on a website maintained by the Department, as soon as practicable after a copy of the report is first tabled in a House of the Parliament.
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