45Appointment of panel

45 Appointment of panel

(1) The Minister may, by instrument, appoint a panel of persons to consider applications for approval of injection testing plans.

(2) The persons appointed to the panel must be persons who have knowledge of or experience in the matters that the panel is to consider.

(4) The panel must cause a notice to be published in a newspaper circulating generally in the area in which the injection testing work is proposed to be carried out inviting submissions on the approval of the proposed plan within the period specified in the notice.

(5) After considering all submissions referred or made to it, the panel must report its findings in writing to the Minister within the period specified by the Minister.

(8) If the Minister does not follow a recommendation made by the panel, he or she must give written reasons for that decision.