Place Names Act 1994

The chief executive must publish a notice of the proposal, unless publication is not required because of section 10.

The notice—

must be published in the gazette and 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 be published in another way the Minister considers appropriate.

The notice must—

describe the place to which the proposal relates; and

state the proposal; and

invite submissions about the proposal from interested persons, groups of persons and bodies; and

specify a day by which submissions are to be made; and

specify an address where submissions may be sent.

The day specified in the notice must be at least 1 month after the day the notice is published in the gazette.