60TFAdvice from relevant advice body

60TF Advice from relevant advice body

[Section 60TF Inserted by No. 33 of 2022, s. 14, Applied:17 May 2023]

(1)  The relevant advice body, on receiving under section 60TC(1) a request in relation to an additional area of land, must, within 28 days or a longer period allowed by the Minister –

(a) decide whether to give, or refuse to give, advice to the Minister under subsection (2) ; and

(b) notify the proponent who made the request of the decision of the relevant advice body under paragraph (a) .

(2)  A relevant advice body that receives under section 60TC(1) a request in relation to an additional area of land, may advise the Minister that it is appropriate to amend the declaration of a major project, to which the request relates, so that the declaration also relates to the additional area of land.

(3)  A relevant advice body must not give advice under subsection (2) in relation to an additional area of land unless it is satisfied that there are, under section 60TB , grounds to amend a declaration of a major project so that the declaration also relates to the additional area of land.

(4)  A relevant advice body must not give advice under subsection (2) in relation to an additional area of land if it is of the opinion that, were a declaration of a major project amended so that the declaration also relates to the additional area of land, the project would, under section 60N , be not eligible to be declared to be a major project.

(5)  An advice to the Minister under subsection (2) must include information sufficient to indicate to the Minister why the relevant advice body is satisfied that subsection (4) has been complied with.

(6)  The relevant advice body must not give advice under subsection (2) that it is appropriate to amend a declaration of a major project so that the declaration also relates to an additional area of land, unless –