MCU14/0028 Appendix 2 EnvProtAct 1994

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

[s 147]

                      (ii) asking the authority to proceed with the assessment
                           of the application.
          (2)   Despite subsection (1), if the information request requires the
                applicant to provide an EIS for the application under section
                142(2) or 143(2), the EIS process under chapter 3 must be
                completed and the EIS provided.

147        Lapsing of applications if no response to information
           request
          (1)   An application lapses if the applicant does not comply with
                section 146 within—
                (a)   the information response              period     stated   in   the
                      information request; or
                (b)   the further period agreed between the applicant and the
                      administering authority.
          (2)   If the applicant asks the administering authority to agree to
                extend the information response period, the request must be
                made at least 10 business days before the last day of the
                information response period.
          (3)   The administering authority must, within 5 business days after
                receiving the request—
                (a)   decide whether to agree to the extension; and
                (b)   give an information notice of the decision.


Division 4                    End of information stage

148        When does information stage end
                The information stage ends when—
                (a)   if an information request has been made—the applicant
                      has finished responding to the request and the
                      administering authority has received the response; or


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