Protection of the Environment Operations Act 1997
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17 Public consultation
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(1) Before making a policy, the EPA must publish a notice about the proposal to make the policy.
(2) The notice must be published—
(a) on the EPA’s website, and
(b) if the EPA considers it necessary to publish the notice in other ways to bring the notice to the attention of members of the public generally or in a particular part of the State—in other ways the EPA is satisfied are likely to bring the notice to the attention of members of the public generally or in that part of the State.
(3) The notice must—
(a) state the objects of the proposed policy, and
(b) advise where a copy of the proposed policy and impact statement may be obtained, and
(c) invite submissions to the EPA on the proposed policy and impact statement within a period, not less than 3 months after the day on which the notice is published on the EPA’s website, specified in the notice.
s 17: Am 2018 No 25, Sch 2.27 [2]. Subst 2024 No 20, Sch 9[2].