MCU14/0028 Appendix 2 EnvProtAct 1994

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

                                                                                  [s 168]

        (2)   The decision stage for the application starts on the later of the
              following days—
              (a)    the day the Coordinator-General gives the proponent a
                     copy of the Coordinator-General’s report under the State
                     Development Act;
              (b)    the day after all other stages applying to the application
                     have ended.


Division 2                  Deciding application

Subdivision 1               Decision period

168      When decision must be made—generally
        (1)   If section 169 does not apply, a decision under subdivision 2
              must be made within 20 business days after the day the
              decision stage for the application starts.
        (2)   The administering authority may, by written notice given to
              the applicant and without the applicant’s agreement, extend
              the period mentioned in subsection (1) by not more than 20
              business days.
        (3)   Only 1 notice may be given under subsection (2) and it must
              be given before the period ends.
        (4)   However, the period may be further extended if the applicant,
              at any time before the decision is made, gives written
              agreement to the extension.

169      When decision must be made—particular applications
        (1)   This section applies if, under section 115, a development
              application is taken to also be an application for an
              environmental authority.
        (2)   If the administering authority is the assessment manager for
              the development application under the Planning Act, a
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