19Notification of intention to prepare draft environment

19 Notification of intention to prepare draft environment protection objectives (1) The Minister may propose the preparation of a draft environment (2) Where the Minister proposes to prepare a draft environment protection objective, he or she may place a notice in a newspaper (3) A notice under subsection (2) is to: (a) specify that the Minister proposes to prepare a draft environment protection objective; (b) provide an outline of the proposal; (c) specify the place where copies of the proposal may be viewed; and (d) specify that members of the public may make submissions to the Minister in relation to the proposal on or before a date, specified in the notice, not earlier than 30 days after the date on which the notice appears in the newspaper.

Waste Management and Pollution Control Act 1998 18 (4) The Minister must ensure that a proposal to prepare a draft environment protection objective to which a notice under subsection (2) relates is available for viewing by the public: (a) at the place specified in the notice in accordance with subsection (3)(c); and (b) until the end of the date specified in the notice in accordance with subsection (3)(d). (5) A person may, on or before the date specified in the notice in accordance with subsection (3)(d), make a submission to the Minister in relation to a proposal to prepare a draft environment