sec.10Notice and consultation about declaration

sec.10 Notice and consultation about declaration

Before a part of the Cape York Peninsula Region is declared to be an area of international conservation significance, the environment Minister— must publish a notice that— identifies the area proposed to be declared; and invites persons who may have an interest in the area to give submissions to the Minister about the proposal within a stated period of at least 28 days after the notice is published; and must consider the submissions given to the Minister under paragraph (a) (ii) ; and must consult with the regional advisory committee and the scientific and cultural advisory committee about the proposed declaration. A submission under subsection (1) (a) (ii) may be given to the environment Minister in the way the Minister considers appropriate. Subsection (1) does not limit the extent to which the environment Minister may consult with any other person or entity the Minister considers appropriate. In this section— publish , for a notice, means publish in a newspaper circulating generally in the State and publish in the gazette. (sec.10-ssec.1) Before a part of the Cape York Peninsula Region is declared to be an area of international conservation significance, the environment Minister— must publish a notice that— identifies the area proposed to be declared; and invites persons who may have an interest in the area to give submissions to the Minister about the proposal within a stated period of at least 28 days after the notice is published; and must consider the submissions given to the Minister under paragraph (a) (ii) ; and must consult with the regional advisory committee and the scientific and cultural advisory committee about the proposed declaration. (sec.10-ssec.2) A submission under subsection (1) (a) (ii) may be given to the environment Minister in the way the Minister considers appropriate. (sec.10-ssec.3) Subsection (1) does not limit the extent to which the environment Minister may consult with any other person or entity the Minister considers appropriate. (sec.10-ssec.4) In this section— publish , for a notice, means publish in a newspaper circulating generally in the State and publish in the gazette.

• (a) must publish a notice that— (i) identifies the area proposed to be declared; and (ii) invites persons who may have an interest in the area to give submissions to the Minister about the proposal within a stated period of at least 28 days after the notice is published; and
• (i) identifies the area proposed to be declared; and
• (ii) invites persons who may have an interest in the area to give submissions to the Minister about the proposal within a stated period of at least 28 days after the notice is published; and
• (b) must consider the submissions given to the Minister under paragraph (a) (ii) ; and
• (c) must consult with the regional advisory committee and the scientific and cultural advisory committee about the proposed declaration.