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Environment Protection Act 2019
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74 Time for decision on environmental approval
(1) The Minister must make a decision to grant or refuse an
environmental approval within the required time.
(2) If the Minister does not make a decision within the required time to
grant or refuse an environmental approval:
(a) the Minister is taken to have accepted the NT EPA
recommendations for the action or strategic proposal; and
(b) if the NT EPA has recommended the granting of the
environmental approval – the draft environmental approval
prepared by the NT EPA is taken to be an environmental
approval granted by the Minister on the day after the end of
the required time.
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the assessment report and draft environmental approval.