96QMaking, amendment and revocation of environmental standards

96Q Making, amendment and revocation of environmental standards

[Section 96Q Inserted by No. 42 of 2022, s. 17, Applied:14 Dec 2022]

(1)  The Minister may make environmental standards.

(2)  The Minister may amend environmental standards.

(3)  The Minister may revoke environmental standards.

(4)  The Minister, before making, amending or revoking environmental standards –

(a) is to consult with the Secretary and the Director; and

(b) may consult with any other person as the Minister thinks fit.

(5)  The Minister must not make, amend or revoke environmental standards, unless –

(a) the Minister has complied with section 96R in relation to a draft of the environmental standards, amendment or revocation; and

(b) the period in which a person may make to the Minister under section 96R(4) a submission in relation to the draft of the environmental standards, amendment or revocation has expired; and

(c) the Minister has considered all submissions made under section 96R(4) in relation to the draft of the environmental standards, amendment or revocation.

(6)  Environmental standards made or amended under this section may be environmental standards that –

(a) are in the form of the draft environmental standards, or the draft amendment of the environmental standards, respectively, exhibited under section 96R ; or

(b) are in the form of the draft environmental standards or the draft amendment of the environmental standards exhibited under section 96R , as modified by the Minister after complying with subsection (5) .