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Environmental Planning and Assessment Act 1979
20Public notification of certain decisions and reasons for the decisions
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#### 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—
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> > > (a) the determination by the Minister (or the Independent Planning Commission) of an application for State significant infrastructure,
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> > > (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),
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> > > (c) the determination by a consent authority of an application for development consent,
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> > > (d) the determination by a consent authority of an application for the modification of a development consent (being an application that was publicly exhibited),
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> > > (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.
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> > (2) The mandatory notification requirement in relation to a decision to which this clause applies is public notification of—
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> > > (a) the decision, and
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> > > (b) the date of the decision, and
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> > > (c) the reasons for the decision (having regard to any statutory requirements applying to the decision), and
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> > > (d) how community views were taken into account in making the decision.
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> > (3) The requirement in subclause (2)(c) may be satisfied by reference to any document that contains the reasons for decision.