Environmental Protection Act 1994

The applicant must give the administering authority a declaration about whether or not the applicant has complied with the following requirements (the public notice requirements)—

the notice requirements under sections 152 and 153;

if the application is a site-specific application—the requirement under section 156 to make a copy of the documents mentioned in section 156(2) available on a website.

The declaration must be given within 5 business days after the submission period ends.

A copy of the application notice must be attached to the declaration.

The applicant is taken to have complied with the public notice requirements if—

a declaration is given within the period mentioned in subsection (2); and

the declaration states the applicant has complied with the requirements.