39ZBNotice of proposal to prepare plan of management

#### 39ZB Notice of proposal to prepare plan of management (1) Before preparing a plan of management, the Authority must, by public notice: (a) state that it proposes to prepare the plan; and (b) set out the area, species or ecological community to which the plan is to relate; and (c) invite the public to make comments in relation to matters to be included in the plan by the date specified in the notice (which must be at least 1 month after the date the notice is published in the Gazette); and (d) specify the address to which comments must be sent. (2) The Authority must take into account any comments made in accordance with the notice. (4) After the publication of the notice, the Authority may decide that the proposed plan of management is to cover an area, species or ecological community not mentioned in the notice but, if it does so, it is not required to give a further public notice in relation to the proposed plan.