22BPublic consultation for minor variation

22B Public consultation for minor variation

[Section 22B of Part 3 Inserted by No. 13 of 2003, s. 7, Applied:19 Dec 2003]

(1)  Before making a minor variation to a national environment protection measure, the Council must publish a notice –

(a) stating how the draft of the proposed variation and the explanatory statement may be obtained; and

(b) inviting submissions to the Council on the proposed variation, or on the explanatory statement, within a specified period.

(2)  A notice must –

(a) be published in the Gazette; and

(b) in each participating State or Territory concerned – also be published, on at least one day during the month when the Gazette notice is published, in a newspaper circulating in that State or Territory.

(3)  The period specified in each notice under subsection (1) must end not less than one month after the day on which subsection (2)(b) has been fully complied with in all participating jurisdictions.