49Public availability of comprehensive impact statement

49 Public availability of comprehensive impact statement

(1) The project proponent must, during the public exhibition period—

(a) publish the comprehensive impact statement on the project proponent's Internet site; and

(b) give the comprehensive impact statement to the Secretary; and

(c) make copies of the comprehensive impact statement available to the public for inspection free of charge during business hours—

(i) at the place of business of the project proponent; and

(ii) if the project proponent has any place of business in the region of the State where the declared project is proposed to be developed, at those places; and

(d) use reasonable endeavours to cause copies of the comprehensive impact statement to be made available to the public for inspection at public places free of charge during business hours.

(2) The project proponent, during the public exhibition period, must give a copy of the comprehensive impact statement to an owner of land whose land is or will be materially affected by the development of the declared project to which the statement relates if the owner requests a copy.

(3) A copy of a comprehensive impact statement must be given under subsection (2) free of charge.

(4) On payment of the relevant fee, a person other than a person who is an owner of land whose land is or will be materially affected by the development of the declared project to which the comprehensive impact statement relates may be given a copy of the statement.

(5) On receiving a comprehensive impact statement under subsection (1)(b), the Secretary must publish the statement on the Department's Internet site.

(6) In this section—

public place includes—

(a) the offices or libraries of the Councils whose municipal districts are within the region of the State where the declared project is proposed to be developed;

(b) a place that is determined, in writing, by the Secretary for the purposes of this section;

relevant fee means the fee determined by the project proponent in accordance with the publication fee guidelines.

S. 50 amended by No. 43/2021 s. 217(1).