131A
In forceInviting public comment before decision
Volume 1Chapter 1, Part 1 to Chapter 5, Part 13, Division 4 (sections 1 to 266)
Chapter 4Environmental assessments and approvals
Part 9Approval of actions
Division 1Decisions on approval and conditions
Subdivision AGeneral
131A Inviting public comment before decision
Before the Minister decides whether or not to approve, for the purposes of a controlling provision, the taking of an action, and what conditions (if any) to attach to an approval, he or she may publish on the internet:
(a)
the proposed decision and, if the proposed decision is to approve the taking of the action, any conditions that the Minister proposes to attach to the approval; and
(b)
an invitation for anyone to give the Minister, within 10 business days (measured in Canberra), comments in writing on the proposed decision and any conditions.
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