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Environmental Protection Act 1994
sec.280Notice of proposed action
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### sec.280 Notice of proposed action
The administering authority must give the environmental authority holder a written notice stating each of the following—
the action (the proposed action ) the administering authority proposes taking under this division;
the grounds for the proposed action;
the facts and circumstances that are the basis for the grounds;
if the proposed action is to suspend or extend the suspension of the environmental authority—the proposed suspension period or extended period of suspension;
that the holder may, within a stated period, make written representations to show why the proposed action should not be taken.
The stated period must end at least 20 business days after the holder is given the notice under subsection (1) .
For subsection (1) (d) , the proposed suspension period or extended period of suspension may be fixed by reference to a stated event.
If a ground on which the proposed action is to be taken is that financial assurance required under a condition of the environmental authority has not been given, the proposed suspension period or extended period of suspension may be stated as the period or extended period of suspension ending when the financial assurance is given.
s 280 ins 2000 No. 64 s 6
amd 2004 No. 48 s 106
sub 2012 No. 16 ss 7 – 8
amd 2023 No. 6 s 145 sch 1
(sec.280-ssec.1) The administering authority must give the environmental authority holder a written notice stating each of the following— the action (the proposed action ) the administering authority proposes taking under this division; the grounds for the proposed action; the facts and circumstances that are the basis for the grounds; if the proposed action is to suspend or extend the suspension of the environmental authority—the proposed suspension period or extended period of suspension; that the holder may, within a stated period, make written representations to show why the proposed action should not be taken.
(sec.280-ssec.2) The stated period must end at least 20 business days after the holder is given the notice under subsection (1) .
(sec.280-ssec.3) For subsection (1) (d) , the proposed suspension period or extended period of suspension may be fixed by reference to a stated event. If a ground on which the proposed action is to be taken is that financial assurance required under a condition of the environmental authority has not been given, the proposed suspension period or extended period of suspension may be stated as the period or extended period of suspension ending when the financial assurance is given.
- (a) the action (the proposed action ) the administering authority proposes taking under this division;
- (b) the grounds for the proposed action;
- (c) the facts and circumstances that are the basis for the grounds;
- (d) if the proposed action is to suspend or extend the suspension of the environmental authority—the proposed suspension period or extended period of suspension;
- (e) that the holder may, within a stated period, make written representations to show why the proposed action should not be taken.