16Explanatory documents

16 Explanatory documents

[Section 16 Repealed by No. 85 of 1997, Sched. 4, Applied:01 Jan 1998] [Section 16 Subsection (1AA) inserted by No. 24 of 2014, s. 10, Applied:01 Jan 2015] [Section 16 Subsection (1) amended by No. 19 of 2012, s. 5, Applied:03 Jul 2012] [Section 16 Subsection (1) amended by No. 19 of 2012, s. 5, Applied:03 Jul 2012] [Section 16 Subsection (2) substituted by No. 19 of 2012, s. 5, Applied:03 Jul 2012] [Section 16 Repealed by No. 47 of 2015, s. 10, Applied:17 Dec 2015]

(1)  The Minister may prepare an explanatory document in relation to the draft SPPs or a draft amendment of the SPPs.

(2)  The Minister, by notice to the Commission, may direct the Commission to prepare and submit to the Minister, within a period specified in the notice, an explanatory document in relation to the draft SPPs or a draft amendment of the SPPs.

(3)  An explanatory document in relation to the draft SPPs or a draft amendment of the SPPs is a document setting out in general terms the purpose and terms of the draft SPPs or the draft amendment of the SPPs.

(4)  The Commission must, within the period specified in a notice under subsection (2) in relation to the draft SPPs or a draft amendment of the SPPs, submit to the Minister an explanatory document in relation to the draft SPPs or the draft amendment of the SPPs.

(5)  The Minister may approve in relation to the draft SPPs or a draft amendment of the SPPs –

(a) an explanatory document prepared by him or her under subsection (1) ; or

(b) an explanatory document submitted to him or her under subsection (4) and amended by the Minister as the Minister thinks fit.