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Energy Pipelines Act 1981
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6 Notice of application
(1) An applicant for a permit shall, within 90 days after making the
application or within such further period, not exceeding 90 days, as
the Minister, on application in writing served on him before the
expiration of the first-mentioned 90 days allows, cause to be
served:
(a) on each local government council within whose local
government area any land referred to in the application is
situated; and
(b) on each owner and occupier of land specified in the
(ba) on the registered native title claimants and registered native
title bodies corporate (if any) in relation to any affected land or
(baa) on the representative Aboriginal/Torres Strait Islander bodies
in relation to any of the affected land or waters unless the
grant of the permit is not a future act; and
(bb) on any person who holds a right of way or other easement
over any of the land specified in the application; and
(c) on each permittee or licensee who holds a current licence or
permit in respect of any part of the land referred to in the
application,
a notice of application.
(2) A notice under subsection (1) is to be in or to the effect of the
prescribed form and is to:
(a) set out the particulars relating to the application as are
provided for in the prescribed form; and
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(b) contain a statement to the effect that:
within 28 days after the date of service of the notice,
lodge in writing with the Minister representations about
the grant of the permit; and
of the affected land or waters may, within 28 days after
being served with the notice, lodge in writing with the
Minister comments on the grant of the permit.