MCU14/0028 Appendix 2 EnvProtAct 1994

                                                     Environmental Protection Act 1994
              Chapter 5 Environmental authorities and environmentally relevant activities
                                                              Part 4 Notification stage

                                                                                  [s 157]

157      Public access to application
        (1)   The administering authority must, for all of the access
              period—
              (a)    keep the application open for inspection by members of
                     the public during office hours on business days at—
                     (i)   the authority’s head office; or
                     (ii) the office of the authority located nearest to the
                          land to which the application relates; or
                     (iii) other places the          chief     executive     considers
                           appropriate; and
              (b)    permit a person to take extracts from the application or,
                     on payment of the appropriate fee to the authority, give
                     the person a copy of the application, or a part of the
                     application; and
              (c)    keep a copy of, or a link to, the application available on
                     its website.
        (2)   In this section—
              access period means the period that—
              (a)    starts the day after the application stage for the
                     application ends; and
              (b)    ends on the earlier of the following—
                     (i)   the day the application lapses or is withdrawn;
                     (ii) if the application is for a mining activity relating to
                          a mining lease and the application is referred to the
                          Land Court under section 185—the day a final
                          decision about the application is made under
                          section 194(2);
                     (iii) if the application is for a mining activity relating to
                           a mining lease and the application is not referred to
                           the Land Court—20 business days after the notice
                           is given under section 181;
                     (iv) otherwise—the review date.
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