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Environmental Protection Act 1994
sec.326FAdministering authority may request further information
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### sec.326F Administering authority may request further information
This section applies for an environmental report about an environmental investigation.
The administering authority may within 10 business days after receiving the report, by written notice, ask the recipient to give further information needed to decide whether to approve the environmental report.
The administering authority may, by written notice given to the recipient, extend the period within which the administering authority may make a request under subsection (2) by no more than 10 business days.
The notice mentioned in subsection (3) —
may only be given once by the administering authority; and
must be given before the period mentioned in subsection (2) ends.
The period within which the administering authority may make a request under subsection (2) may be further extended if the recipient, at any time, agrees in writing to the further extension.
In this section—
recipient , for an environmental report about an environmental investigation, means the person required to submit the report to the administering authority under section 326B (2) or 326BA (2) .
s 326F ins 2012 No. 16 s 9 (amd 2013 No. 6 s 11 (2) )
amd 2014 No. 59 s 174 sch 1 ; 2023 No. 6 s 60
(sec.326F-ssec.1) This section applies for an environmental report about an environmental investigation.
(sec.326F-ssec.2) The administering authority may within 10 business days after receiving the report, by written notice, ask the recipient to give further information needed to decide whether to approve the environmental report.
(sec.326F-ssec.3) The administering authority may, by written notice given to the recipient, extend the period within which the administering authority may make a request under subsection (2) by no more than 10 business days.
(sec.326F-ssec.4) The notice mentioned in subsection (3) — may only be given once by the administering authority; and must be given before the period mentioned in subsection (2) ends.
(sec.326F-ssec.5) The period within which the administering authority may make a request under subsection (2) may be further extended if the recipient, at any time, agrees in writing to the further extension.
(sec.326F-ssec.6) In this section— recipient , for an environmental report about an environmental investigation, means the person required to submit the report to the administering authority under section 326B (2) or 326BA (2) .
- (a) may only be given once by the administering authority; and
- (b) must be given before the period mentioned in subsection (2) ends.