MCU14/0028 Appendix 2 EnvProtAct 1994

Environmental Protection Act 1994
Chapter 11 Administration
Part 3 Review of decisions and appeals

[s 521]

                      (i)   10 business days after the day on which the person
                            receives notice of the original decision or the
                            administering authority is taken to have made the
                            decision (the review date); or
                      (ii) the longer period the authority in special
                           circumstances allows; and
                (b)   be supported by enough information to enable the
                      authority to decide the application.
          (3)   On or before making the application, the applicant must send
                the following documents to the other persons who were given
                notice of the original decision—
                (a)   notice of the application (the review notice);
                (b)   a copy of the application and supporting documents.
          (4)   The review notice must inform the recipient that submissions
                on the application may be made to the administering authority
                within 5 business days (the submission period) after the
                application is made to the authority.
          (5)   If the administering authority is satisfied the applicant has
                complied with subsections (2) and (3), the authority must,
                within the decision period—
                (a)   review the original decision; and
                (b)   consider any submissions properly made by a recipient
                      of the review notice; and
                (c)   make a decision (the review decision) to—
                      (i)   confirm or revoke the original decision; or
                      (ii) vary the original decision in a way the
                           administering authority considers appropriate.
          (6)   The application does not stay the original decision.
          (7)   The application must not be dealt with by—
                (a)   the person who made the original decision; or



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