41Authority to be notified of preliminary trigger day for major project

41 Authority to be notified of preliminary trigger day for major project

(1) If: (a) the preliminary trigger day for a designated project occurs after the commencement of this section; and (b) at any time on the preliminary trigger day, the project proponent for the project was aware that it was reasonably likely that the project would be a major project; the project proponent must: (c) notify the Authority of the preliminary trigger day; and (d) do so within 60 days after the preliminary trigger day. (2) If: (a) the preliminary trigger day for a designated project occurs after the commencement of this section; and (b) the project proponent for the project was not aware, at any time on the preliminary trigger day, that it was reasonably likely that the project would be a major project; and (c) the project proponent becomes aware that the project is, or is reasonably likely to be, a major project; the project proponent must: (d) notify the Authority of the preliminary trigger day; and (e) do so within 14 days after becoming so aware. (3) A notification under this section must: (a) be in a form approved, in writing, by the Authority; and (b) be accompanied by such information as is specified in the legislative rules; and (c) be accompanied by such documents (if any) as are specified in the legislative rules. Preliminary trigger day (4) For the purposes of this section, the preliminary trigger day for a project means the day on which the earliest of the following events happens: (a) the project concept design begins; (b) an environmental assessment begins to be carried out by a project proponent; (c) a project proponent enters into a contract with another person to carry out an environmental assessment of the project; (d) the raw materials for the project are estimated; (e) the utility consumption for the project is estimated.