Place Names Act 1994

This section applies if the Minister considers it would be appropriate to extend the period stated in a decision under section 11(3), having regard to the matters stated in section 11(4).

Before the period stated in the decision ends, the Minister may decide to extend the period (an extension decision) by no more than 5 years after the period ends.

The Minister—

must publish a gazette notice stating the extension decision, including the day the extended period ends; and

must publish the extension decision in at least 1 of the following ways—

on a relevant website;

in an electronic version of a newspaper;

in a regional newspaper circulating generally in the area of the place to which the proposal relates; and

may publish the extension decision in another way the Minister considers appropriate.

The extension decision takes effect on the day stated in the gazette notice.

The period stated in the decision made under section 11(3) may be extended only once under this section.