MCU14/0028 Appendix 2 EnvProtAct 1994

                                                    Environmental Protection Act 1994
                                            Chapter 3 Environmental impact statements
                                                                   Part 1 EIS process

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              (d)    that anyone may make written comments to the chief
                     executive about the draft;
              (e)    a period decided by the chief executive (the comment
                     period) during which comments may be made;
              (f)    another matter prescribed under a regulation.
        (3)   The comment period must not end before 30 business days
              after the notice is published.

43       Public notification
        (1)   The chief executive must publish the TOR notice within 5
              business days after giving it to the proponent.
              Editor’s note—
                 See section 558 (Publication of decision or document by administering
                 authority).
        (2)   The proponent must, if asked by the chief executive, pay the
              chief executive’s reasonable costs incurred in publishing the
              notice.
        (3)   The proponent must, within the 5 business days, give a copy
              of the notice to—
              (a)    each affected person for the project; and
              (b)    each interested person; and
              (c)    any other person decided by the chief executive.
        (4)   The chief executive may decide another person for subsection
              (3)(c) only by giving the proponent an information notice
              about the decision before the notice is published.

44       Proponent to be given comments
              The chief executive must, within 10 business days after the
              comment period ends, give the proponent a copy of all
              comments received by the chief executive within the period.



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