75Public consultation for strategic bushfire management

75 Public consultation for strategic bushfire management plan (1) Before making the strategic bushfire management plan, the Minister must prepare a notice (a consultation notice)— (a) stating that copies of a draft of the plan are available for inspection during a stated period of at least 15 business days at stated places; and

(b) inviting interested people to give written comments about the draft plan to the commissioner at a stated address during a stated period ending at least 15 business days after the end of the period mentioned in paragraph (a). (2) The consultation notice is a notifiable instrument. (3) The Minister must give additional public notice of the consultation notice. Note Public notice means notice on an ACT government website or in a daily newspaper circulating in the ACT (see Legislation Act, dict, pt 1). The requirement in s (3) is in addition to the requirement for notification on the legislation register as a notifiable instrument.