58Notification of preliminary hearings

58 Notification of preliminary hearings

(1) As soon as practicable after the commencement of the public exhibition period for a comprehensive impact statement, the assessment committee must—

(a) publish notice of the time and place at which the preliminary hearing is to be conducted—

(ii) in at least one newspaper circulating in the area where the declared project to which the statement relates will be developed; and

S. 58(1)(b) amended by No. 43/2021 s. 217(3).

(b) give written notice of the time and place at which the preliminary hearing is to be conducted to the owners and occupiers of land that were given a notice under section 47; and

(c) cause notice of the time and place at which the preliminary hearing is to be conducted to be published on the Department's Internet site.

(2) The assessment committee may also direct the project proponent for the declared project to publish notice of the time and place at which the preliminary hearing is to be conducted on the project proponent's Internet site.

(3) The project proponent must comply with a direction under subsection (2) as soon as practicable after receiving the direction.

S. 59 (Heading) amended by No. 49/2013 s. 31(1).