National Environment Protection Council (Western Australia) Act 1996

Before making a minor variation to a national environment protection measure, the Council must publish a notice —

stating how the draft of the proposed variation and the explanatory statement may be obtained; and

inviting submissions to the Council on the proposed variation, or on the explanatory statement, within a specified period.

A notice must —

be published in the Gazette; and

in each participating State or Territory concerned, be published, on at least 1 day during the month in which 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 no less than 1 month after the day on which subsection (2)(b) has been fully complied with in all participating jurisdictions.