National Environment Protection Council Act 1994

Before making a national environment protection measure, the Council must publish a notice:

stating how the draft of the proposed measure and the impact statement may be obtained; and

inviting submissions to the Council on the proposed measure, or on the impact statement, within a specified period.

A notice must:

be published in the Gazette; and

so far as each participating State or Territory is concerned—also be published, on at least 2 days during the month when the Gazette notice is published, in a newspaper circulating in that State or Territory.

The period specified in each notice under subsection (1) must end not less than 2 months after the day on which paragraph (2)(b) has been fully complied with in all participating jurisdictions.