60ZARelevant regulator to give notice of assessment, no assessment, or recommending revocation

60ZA Relevant regulator to give notice of assessment, no assessment, or recommending revocation

[Section 60ZA Inserted by No. 21 of 2020, s. 12, Applied:28 Oct 2020]

(1)  A relevant regulator in relation to a major project must, before the end of the 28-day period after the major project is referred to the regulator under section 60Y(1)(a) or a longer period allowed by the Minister, give to the Panel and the Commission –

(a) a notice of no assessment requirements in relation to the major project; or

(b) an assessment requirement notice in relation to the major project; or

(c) a notice recommending revocation.

(2)  A relevant regulator is only to give a notice under subsection (1) after considering the major project proposal, and any further information, in relation to the major project, that are provided to the relevant regulator under section 60Y .

(3)  For the purposes of this Act, a notice of no assessment requirements in relation to a major project is a notice specifying that the relevant regulator giving the notice does not require any matters to be included in the assessment criteria, in relation to the major project, as matters which the major project impact statement is required to address.

(4)  A relevant regulator that is the EPA Board may not give to the Panel and the Commission a notice of no assessment requirements in relation to a project if the project is a bilateral agreement project.

(5)  For the purposes of this Act, an assessment requirement notice in relation to a major project is a notice specifying –

(a) the matters that the relevant regulator requires to be contained in the assessment criteria in relation to the project, as matters which the major project impact statement is required to address; and

(b) the reasons why the relevant regulator has specified in the notice the matters referred to in paragraph (a) .

(6)  A relevant regulator may only specify, in an assessment requirement notice under in relation to a major project, a matter referred to in if the matter would be relevant to the decision of the relevant regulator as to the contents of the regulator’s final advice that it would give under in relation to the major project.