Action following refusal of report
326I Action following refusal of report
Subsection (2) applies if the administering authority decides to refuse to accept an environmental report under section 326G(4)(b).
The administering authority may require the recipient to conduct or commission another environmental investigation and submit a report on the investigation to it.
A requirement under subsection (2) must be made by written notice given to the recipient.
The notice must state—
the relevant matters for the evaluation required; and
a reasonable period after the notice is given by which the report must be given to the administering authority.
A notice under subsection (2) must be accompanied by or include an information notice about the decision to give the notice and to fix the stated period.
A person given a notice about a requirement under subsection (2) must comply with the requirement within the period stated in the notice.
Maximum penalty for subsection (6)—300 penalty units.
In this section—
recipient, for an environmental report about an environmental investigation, means the person required to submit the report about the investigation to the administering authority under section 326B(2) or 326BA(2).
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