Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999

If the Minister (the Environment Minister) receives an application under section 79A, the Environment Minister may:

inform any other Minister who the Environment Minister believes has administrative responsibilities relating to the action of the application; and

invite each other Minister informed to give the Environment Minister, within 10 business days, any information the other Minister considers relevant to the reconsideration.

If the application relates to an action proposed to be taken in a State or self‑governing Territory and the Environment Minister thinks the action may have an impact on a matter protected by a provision of Division 1 of Part 3 (about matters of national environmental significance), the Environment Minister may:

inform the appropriate Minister of the State or Territory of the application; and

invite that Minister to give the Environment Minister, within 10 business days:

any comments the Minister considers relevant to the reconsideration; and

any other information that the Minister of the State or Territory considers relevant to the reconsideration.

Subsection (2) also applies in relation to an application that relates to an action that is to be taken in an area offshore from a State or the Northern Territory. See section 157.

The Environment Minister must publish on the Department’s website:

the application; and

an invitation for anyone to give the Environment Minister, within 10 business days, comments in writing on any matters relevant to the reconsideration.