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Environment Protection Act 1997
84Approval of emergency plan
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84 Approval of emergency plan
(1) If the authority receives a draft emergency plan submitted in
compliance with—
(a) a notice under section 82 (1); or
the authority must, within 20 working days of that receipt, by written
notice—
(c) approve the draft plan and require the person who submitted the
plan to implement any preparation requirements included in the
plan as approved; or
(d) reject the draft plan and require the person to—
(i) amend the draft plan in accordance with any requirements
specified in the notice; and
(ii) resubmit the draft plan to the authority.
(2) If the authority requires a person to resubmit a draft plan under
subsection (1) (d), the authority must, by written notice to the person
within 10 working days of receipt of the resubmitted draft plan—
(a) approve the draft plan and require the person to implement any
preparation requirements included in the plan as approved; or
(b) reject the draft plan.
(3) A person must not fail to comply with—
(a) a notice under subsection (1) (c) or (2) (a) requiring the person
to implement the preparation requirements included in the plan
approved under that paragraph; or
(b) a notice under subsection (1) (d) requiring the person to amend
the draft plan and resubmit it to the authority.