15Environmental flow guidelines—submission to Minister

15 Environmental flow guidelines—submission to Minister (1) The director-general must submit the draft guidelines (including any revision under section 14 (5)) to the Minister for approval, together with a written report— (a) about the director-general’s consultation with the public and with any particular person or entity about the draft guidelines; and (b) setting out the issues raised in the comments given to the director-general under section 14 in the consultation period. (2) On receiving draft guidelines submitted for approval, the Minister may— (a) approve the guidelines as submitted; or

(b) refer the draft back to the director-general with a written direction to do 1 or more of the following: (i) conduct further stated consultation; (ii) consider any revision suggested by the Minister; (iii) revise the draft in a stated way. (3) If the Minister refers draft guidelines back to the director-general under subsection (2) (b), the director-general must— (a) comply with the Minister’s directions; and (b) resubmit the draft guidelines (with any revisions required) to the Minister for approval together with a written report about the director-general’s compliance with the Minister’s directions and about any revision of the draft guidelines. (4) Subsection (2) applies to draft guidelines resubmitted to the Minister for approval.

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