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Environmental Protection Act 1994
sec.152Public notice of application
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### sec.152 Public notice of application
The applicant must give and publish a notice about the application (the application notice ).
The application notice must be given and published—
simultaneously or together with, and in the same way as, any public notice for an application under resource legislation for a relevant tenure for the application; or
if public notice is not required to be given for an application under resource legislation for a relevant tenure for the application—
in a newspaper circulating generally in the area where the relevant resource activity is proposed to be carried out; and
before the day that is 10 business days after the end of the information stage for the application; or
in another way prescribed under a regulation.
The administering authority may decide an additional or substituted way to give or publish the application notice if it gives the applicant an information notice about the decision before the application notice is given.
This section is subject to section 159 .
s 152 orig s 152 om 2000 No. 5 s 461 sch 3
prev s 152 ins 2000 No. 64 s 6
om 2004 No. 48 s 36
pres s 152 ins 2012 No. 16 s 8
(sec.152-ssec.1) The applicant must give and publish a notice about the application (the application notice ).
(sec.152-ssec.2) The application notice must be given and published— simultaneously or together with, and in the same way as, any public notice for an application under resource legislation for a relevant tenure for the application; or if public notice is not required to be given for an application under resource legislation for a relevant tenure for the application— in a newspaper circulating generally in the area where the relevant resource activity is proposed to be carried out; and before the day that is 10 business days after the end of the information stage for the application; or in another way prescribed under a regulation.
(sec.152-ssec.3) The administering authority may decide an additional or substituted way to give or publish the application notice if it gives the applicant an information notice about the decision before the application notice is given.
(sec.152-ssec.4) This section is subject to section 159 .
- (a) simultaneously or together with, and in the same way as, any public notice for an application under resource legislation for a relevant tenure for the application; or
- (b) if public notice is not required to be given for an application under resource legislation for a relevant tenure for the application— (i) in a newspaper circulating generally in the area where the relevant resource activity is proposed to be carried out; and (ii) before the day that is 10 business days after the end of the information stage for the application; or
- (i) in a newspaper circulating generally in the area where the relevant resource activity is proposed to be carried out; and
- (ii) before the day that is 10 business days after the end of the information stage for the application; or
- (c) in another way prescribed under a regulation.
- (i) in a newspaper circulating generally in the area where the relevant resource activity is proposed to be carried out; and
- (ii) before the day that is 10 business days after the end of the information stage for the application; or