60ZCSpecial provisions relating to where EPA Board is relevant regulator

60ZC Special provisions relating to where EPA Board is relevant regulator

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

(1)  If a participating regulator in relation to a project is the EPA Board and the project is a bilateral agreement project, that participating regulator may, within 28 days after the major project is referred to the regulator under section 60Y(1)(a) , give to the Panel an extension notice.

(2)  An extension notice is a notice specifying that the participating regulator will require 91 days, or a longer period allowed by the Minister, in which to provide to the Panel the participating regulator’s preliminary advice under section 60ZY(1) in relation to the major project.

(3)  If a participating regulator in relation to a major project is the EPA Board –

(a) a major project, major project proposal or information is only to be taken under section 60Y to be referred, or provided, to the participating regulator if the major project, major project proposal or information, respectively, is referred, or provided, to the EPA Director; and

(b) the decision of that participating regulator under section 60ZA(1) is to be made by the EPA Director but is to be taken to have been made by the participating regulator.

(4)  If the EPA Board has given to the Panel –

(a) an assessment requirement notice under section 60ZA(1)(b) ; or

(b) a notice recommending revocation under section 60ZA(1)(c)  –

in relation to a major project, the EPA Board must carry out an environmental impact assessment of the major project in accordance with Part 5 of the EMPC Act, as modified in its application to a major project by this section.

(5)  For the purposes of an environmental impact assessment of a major project in accordance with this section, the reference, in section 74(4) of the EMPC Act, to providing the proponent with guidance is to be taken to be satisfied if the guidance is provided to the Panel under .