10Time limit for accepting, or not accepting, environment plan

10 Time limit for accepting, or not accepting, environment plan

(1)  Within 30 days after an operator submits an environment plan to the Minister under regulation 9(1) , the Minister is to –

(a) accept the plan under regulation 11 ; or

(b) refuse to accept the plan under regulation 11 ; or

(c) give notice in writing to the operator –

(i) stating that the Minister is unable to make a decision about the plan within 30 days; and

(ii) setting out a proposed timetable for consideration of the plan.

(2)  A decision by the Minister to accept, or refuse to accept, an environment plan is not invalid only because the Minister did not comply with subregulation (1) in respect of the plan.

(3)  This regulation applies to an environment plan resubmitted in accordance with regulation 11(2) in the same way that it applies to the plan when first submitted.