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Environment Protection Act 2019
51ACertain notifications taken to be referrals
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51A Certain notifications taken to be referrals
(1) This section applies if a significant variation of a proposed action
or strategic proposal is notified to the NT EPA under section 51(1)
or (2) and either:
(a) the proposed action or strategic proposal was not referred to
the NT EPA under section 48 or 49; or
(b) the proposed action was not referred, notified or submitted
(however described) for assessment under the Environmental
Assessment Act 1982.
(2) This Division applies to the notification of the significant variation as
if the notification of the significant variation were a referral of a
proposed action under section 48 or of a strategic proposal under
section 49, as the case requires.