52Public submissions on comprehensive impact statements

52 Public submissions on comprehensive impact statements

(1) Subject to this section, during the public exhibition period, any person may—

(a) make a submission to the assessment committee established to assess the comprehensive impact statement; or

(b) amend such a submission.

(2) Two or more persons, together, may make a submission or an amendment to a submission. An assessment committee may treat such a submission as a single submission.

(3) A submission or an amendment to a submission is not properly made unless it—

(a) is in writing; and

(b) states the name and address of the person making the submission or amendment; and

(c) states the grounds of the submission or amendment; and

(d) is relevant to the declared project; and

(e) is within the scope of the terms of reference of the assessment committee; and

(f) in the case of a submission made by 2 or more persons, states the name and address of the person who will—

(i) represent those persons in a preliminary hearing or a formal public hearing; and

(ii) be the contact person for those persons.

S. 52(4) amended by No. 43/2021 s. 217(2).

(4) A person who has made a properly made submission may withdraw that submission by written notice given to the assessment committee.