sec.119Chief executive may invite submissions about application

sec.119 Chief executive may invite submissions about application

This section applies if the chief executive considers— the grant of an application for a protected area authority may restrict the reasonable use, by persons other than the applicant, of a part of the protected area to which the application relates; and those persons should be given an opportunity to provide submissions to the chief executive about the application. The chief executive must give the applicant a notice stating— the public will be notified about the nature of the application on the department’s website; and a particular period, of at least 20 business days, will be stated on the website for making written submissions to the chief executive about the application; and the number of times, being not more than 2, the public will be notified about the application. The chief executive must, on the department’s website, invite the public to make written submissions to the chief executive about the application in a notice conforming with subsection (2) . Before deciding whether or not to grant the protected area authority, the chief executive must consider any written submissions— made to the chief executive in response to the notice given under subsection (3) ; and received by the chief executive within the period stated in the notice. (sec.119-ssec.1) This section applies if the chief executive considers— the grant of an application for a protected area authority may restrict the reasonable use, by persons other than the applicant, of a part of the protected area to which the application relates; and those persons should be given an opportunity to provide submissions to the chief executive about the application. (sec.119-ssec.2) The chief executive must give the applicant a notice stating— the public will be notified about the nature of the application on the department’s website; and a particular period, of at least 20 business days, will be stated on the website for making written submissions to the chief executive about the application; and the number of times, being not more than 2, the public will be notified about the application. (sec.119-ssec.3) The chief executive must, on the department’s website, invite the public to make written submissions to the chief executive about the application in a notice conforming with subsection (2) . (sec.119-ssec.4) Before deciding whether or not to grant the protected area authority, the chief executive must consider any written submissions— made to the chief executive in response to the notice given under subsection (3) ; and received by the chief executive within the period stated in the notice.

• (a) the grant of an application for a protected area authority may restrict the reasonable use, by persons other than the applicant, of a part of the protected area to which the application relates; and
• (b) those persons should be given an opportunity to provide submissions to the chief executive about the application.