134Regulator must invite submissions from the public on protection zone application

134 Regulator must invite submissions from the public on protection zone application

(1) If a protection zone application is made under subsection 130(1), the Regulator must publish a notice under this section on the Regulator’s website. (2) The notice must: (a) describe the offshore renewable energy infrastructure or offshore electricity transmission infrastructure that the protection zone is proposed to relate to; and (b) describe the proposed area of the protection zone; and (c) describe the activities that are proposed to be prohibited or subject to restrictions in the protection zone; and (d) invite submissions from the public on the proposed protection zone; and (e) specify how submissions may be made to the Regulator; and (f) specify the day on or before which submissions may be made. (3) The notice may include any other information the Regulator considers appropriate in relation to the application or the proposed protection zone. (4) The Regulator must take any submissions made in accordance with the notice into account in deciding whether to grant, or refuse to grant, the application.