Energy (Infrastructure Facilitation) Act 2024
sec.46Consultation on draft management plan
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sec.46 Consultation on draft management plan
The Minister must publish on the department’s website— the draft management plan for the proposed regional energy hub endorsed under section 45 ; and the following information— the period within which a person may make submissions to the hub design body about the draft management plan; how the submissions may be made. The period mentioned in subsection (1) (b) (i) must be at least 60 days after the draft management plan is published under subsection (1) (a) . The hub design body must— consider each submission made in relation to the draft management plan; and make amendments to the draft management plan the hub design body considers appropriate to deal with the submissions, if any; and give the responsible Ministers— a proposed management plan incorporating any amendments under paragraph (b) ; and a report outlining the submissions made in relation to the draft management plan and how the submissions have been dealt with. The responsible Ministers may ask the hub design body to make stated amendments to the proposed management plan to ensure the submissions made in relation to the draft management plan have been appropriately dealt with. The hub design body must make the amendments to the proposed management plan requested under subsection (4) . s 46 amd 2025 No. 30 s 39 (sec.46-ssec.1) The Minister must publish on the department’s website— the draft management plan for the proposed regional energy hub endorsed under section 45 ; and the following information— the period within which a person may make submissions to the hub design body about the draft management plan; how the submissions may be made. (sec.46-ssec.2) The period mentioned in subsection (1) (b) (i) must be at least 60 days after the draft management plan is published under subsection (1) (a) . (sec.46-ssec.3) The hub design body must— consider each submission made in relation to the draft management plan; and make amendments to the draft management plan the hub design body considers appropriate to deal with the submissions, if any; and give the responsible Ministers— a proposed management plan incorporating any amendments under paragraph (b) ; and a report outlining the submissions made in relation to the draft management plan and how the submissions have been dealt with. (sec.46-ssec.4) The responsible Ministers may ask the hub design body to make stated amendments to the proposed management plan to ensure the submissions made in relation to the draft management plan have been appropriately dealt with. (sec.46-ssec.5) The hub design body must make the amendments to the proposed management plan requested under subsection (4) .
- (a) the draft management plan for the proposed regional energy hub endorsed under section 45 ; and
- (b) the following information— (i) the period within which a person may make submissions to the hub design body about the draft management plan; (ii) how the submissions may be made.