20Public notification of certain decisions and reasons for the decisions

20 Public notification of certain decisions and reasons for the decisions

20 Public notification of certain decisions and reasons for the decisions

(1) This clause applies to the following decisions—

(a) the determination by the Minister (or the Independent Planning Commission) of an application for State significant infrastructure,

(b) the determination by the Minister (or the Independent Planning Commission) of a request for a modification of an approval for State significant infrastructure (being a request that was publicly exhibited),

(c) the determination by a consent authority of an application for development consent,

(d) the determination by a consent authority of an application for the modification of a development consent (being an application that was publicly exhibited),

(e) the granting of an approval, or the decision to carry out development, by a determining authority where an environmental impact statement was publicly exhibited under Division 5.1.

(2) The mandatory notification requirement in relation to a decision to which this clause applies is public notification of—

(a) the decision, and

(b) the date of the decision, and

(c) the reasons for the decision (having regard to any statutory requirements applying to the decision), and

(d) how community views were taken into account in making the decision.

(3) The requirement in subclause (2)(c) may be satisfied by reference to any document that contains the reasons for decision.