sec.161Acceptance of submission

### sec.161 Acceptance of submission The administering authority must accept a submission if it— is written or made electronically; and states the name and address of each submitter; and is made to the administering authority; and is received on or before the last day of the submission period; and states the grounds of the submission and the facts and circumstances relied on in support of the grounds. A submission that complies with subsection (1) is a properly made submission . The authority may accept a written submission even if it is not a properly made submission. Subsection (5) applies for an application if the process for an EIS, for a relevant activity the subject of the application, was notified before the notification stage for the application started. The authority need not accept any part of the submission that the authority considers is not relevant to the matters mentioned in section 160 (2) (a) or (b) . s 161 ins 2000 No. 64 s 6 sub 2004 No. 48 s 40 amd 2013 No. 6 s 50 sch sub 2012 No. 16 ss 7 – 8 amd 2014 No. 59 s 118 ; 2020 No. 26 s 27 ; 2024 No. 30 s 61 sch 1 (sec.161-ssec.1) The administering authority must accept a submission if it— is written or made electronically; and states the name and address of each submitter; and is made to the administering authority; and is received on or before the last day of the submission period; and states the grounds of the submission and the facts and circumstances relied on in support of the grounds. (sec.161-ssec.2) A submission that complies with subsection (1) is a properly made submission . (sec.161-ssec.3) The authority may accept a written submission even if it is not a properly made submission. (sec.161-ssec.4) Subsection (5) applies for an application if the process for an EIS, for a relevant activity the subject of the application, was notified before the notification stage for the application started. (sec.161-ssec.5) The authority need not accept any part of the submission that the authority considers is not relevant to the matters mentioned in section 160 (2) (a) or (b) . - (a) is written or made electronically; and - (b) states the name and address of each submitter; and - (c) is made to the administering authority; and - (d) is received on or before the last day of the submission period; and - (e) states the grounds of the submission and the facts and circumstances relied on in support of the grounds.