12Determination of applications for authorisation

12 Determination of applications for authorisation

12 Determination of applications for authorisation

(1) The Minister is (subject to this Part) to determine an application for authorisation under this Act—

(a) by granting the application and authorising the plantation or proposed plantation concerned, or

(b) by refusing the application.

Note—

See section 20 for the imposition of conditions of authorisations.

(2) Written notice of the Minister’s decision is to be given to the applicant as soon as practicable after the decision is made.

(3) Written notice of the Minister’s decision to grant an application is also to be given, within 40 days after the decision is made—

(a) to the council of any local government area within which the plantation or proposed plantation is situated, and

(b) to the Minister administering the Crown Land Management Act 2016, in respect of plantation operations to be carried out on a Crown road (within the meaning of Division 5.8 of that Act) that is unformed.

(4) The regulations may make provision for or with respect to the review by the Minister of any determination of an application for authorisation under this Act.

s 12: Am 2010 No 90, Sch 1 [8]; 2017 No 17, Sch 4.75 [1].