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Environmental Protection Act 1986
Div 2Staff of Department, etc.
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Division 2 — Staff of Department, etc.
22. Appointment and engagement of staff generally 42
24. Use of staff and facilities of other departments etc. 43
25. Advisory groups, committees, councils and panels 44
Part III — Environmental protection policies
26. Draft policy, preparation and publicising of 45
27. Persons may make representations to Authority on draft policy 46
28. Consideration, revision and submission to Minister of draft policy by Authority 46
29. Public inquiry into draft policy 47
30. Minister to consult on draft policy 48
31. Minister to remit draft policy, or approve it (with or without amendments) or refuse to approve it 49
32. Reconsidering and resubmitting remitted draft policy 50
33. Approved policies, status and revocation of 51
34. Orders made under s. 31(d), Parliamentary oversight of 52
35. Content of approved policies 52
36. Review of approved policies 55
37. Minor changes to approved policies 56
37A. NEPM may be declared to be approved policy 56
Part IV — Environmental impact assessment
Division 1 — Referral and assessment of proposals
37B. Terms used 58
38. Referral of proposals 58
38A. Calling in a proposal 59
38B. Requirements as to referrals 60
38C. Proponent may amend a referred proposal 60
38D. Proponent may give notice that a referred proposal will not proceed 61
38E. Proposals derived from assessed strategic proposals 61
38F. Request for further information 63
38G. Authority must decide whether to assess a referred proposal 64
38H. Nomination of person responsible for proposal 65
38I. Change of person responsible for proposal 66
39. Authority to keep records of referred proposals 67
40. Assessing referred proposals 67
40AA. Assessment of significant amendments 70
40A. Termination of assessment 71
40B. Application of assessment provisions to strategic proposals and strategic assessments 72
41. Restrictions on decisions by decision‑making authorities 72
41A. Proposal not to be implemented before action under s. 45 taken 74
42. Conduct of public inquiries under s. 40(2)(c) 75
43. Minister may direct Authority as to assessing proposal 75
43A. Amendments to proposals during assessment 76
44. Report by Authority on assessment of proposal 77
Division 2 — Implementation of proposals
44A. Terms used 79
45. Procedure for deciding if assessed proposal may be implemented 80
45A. Implementation conditions 83
45B. Implementation of derived proposal 84
45C. Amending approved proposals or implementation conditions without inquiry or assessment 85
45D. Division or consolidation of proposals and issue of separate or combined Ministerial statements 88
46. Amending implementation conditions after inquiry 88
46A. Interim conditions and procedures 90
47. Duties of proponents after service of Ministerial statement 91
47A. Duration and withdrawal of Ministerial statement 92
48. Control of implementation of proposals 93