MCU14/0028 Appendix 2 EnvProtAct 1994

Environmental Protection Act 1994
Chapter 5 Environmental authorities and environmentally relevant activities
Part 3 Information stage

[s 137]

                (a)   if the applicant is given a notice under section
                      128(2)—the day the administering authority receives the
                      notice mentioned in section 128(2)(d); or
                (b)   otherwise—10 business days after the administering
                      authority receives the application.




Part 3                        Information stage

Division 1                    Preliminary

137        Purpose of information stage
                The information stage for an application gives the
                administering authority the opportunity to ask the applicant
                for further information needed to assess the application.

138        When information stage applies
                Subject to section 139, the information stage applies to—
                (a)   variation applications; and
                (b)   site-specific applications.

139        Information stage does not apply if EIS process complete
          (1)   This section applies if—
                (a)   the EIS process for an EIS for each relevant activity the
                      subject of the application has been completed; and
                (b)   the environmental risks of the activity and the way the
                      activity will be carried out have not changed since the
                      EIS was completed.
          (2)   The information stage does not apply to the application.

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