29Completed impact management plan to be given to Planning Minister

29 Completed impact management plan to be given to Planning Minister

On completing an impact management plan for a declared project, the project proponent for that project must—

(a) submit the impact management plan to the Planning Minister for an approval decision in relation to the project; and

(b) pay to the Planning Minister the application fee.

Division 5—Comprehensive impact statements

Subdivision 1—Scoping directions

30 Specification of matters to be considered and addressed in comprehensive impact statements

(1) Subject to this Subdivision, the Planning Minister must prepare directions that specify the kinds of impacts and other matters that must be considered and addressed in a comprehensive impact statement for the declared project to which a comprehensive impact statement determination relates (the scoping directions).

S. 30(1A) inserted by No. 49/2013 s. 17(1).

(1A) In addition to subsection (1), the scoping directions may include directions to the project proponent to do any one or more of the following—

(a) include a description of the preferred option for the development of the declared project and the reasons for that preference;

(b) set out variations within the preferred option in relation to the declared project, and the impacts of those variations;

(c) set out a consideration of methods to avoid, minimise, manage or offset the impacts of the declared project.

S. 30(1B) inserted by No. 49/2013 s. 17(1).

(1B) When preparing the scoping directions, the Planning Minister must have regard to the preliminary risk report that forms part of the project proposal given under section 19(4).

S. 30(1C) inserted by No. 49/2013 s. 17(1).

(1C) The scoping directions may provide, in the case of any or all specified associated works that require an applicable approval, that the application for the applicable approval must be made, assessed and approved under the relevant applicable law and not under this Act.

See section 168A.

S. 30(2) amended by No. 49/2013 s. 17(2).

(2) Subject to this Subdivision, the Planning Minister must prepare, and give to the project proponent, the scoping directions within 10 business days after making a comprehensive impact statement determination.

S. 30(3) amended by No. 49/2013 s. 17(3).

(3) The scoping directions must be published on the Department's Internet site as soon as practicable after the directions are prepared.