MCU14/0028 Appendix 2 EnvProtAct 1994

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

                                                                            [s 67]

        (3)   Also, an amendment may be made only by giving the chief
              executive written notice of the amendment (an EIS
              amendment notice).
        (4)   An EIS amendment notice must be accompanied by the fee
              prescribed under a regulation.
        (5)   The submitted EIS is taken to be the original EIS, as amended
              from time to time by an EIS amendment notice given for the
              original EIS.


Subdivision 4               Effects of noncompliance with
                            process

67       Process is suspended
        (1)   This section applies if the proponent—
              (a)    does not comply with a requirement under the EIS
                     process for an EIS; or
              (b)    becomes entitled to take the next step under the process
                     and has not taken the step.
        (2)   The following are suspended until the requirement is
              complied with or the step is taken—
              (a)    the EIS process for the EIS;
              (b)    any obligations of the chief executive under this part for
                     the EIS.
        (3)   The proponent’s draft terms of reference or submitted EIS
              lapse on the later of the following days if the requirement has
              not been complied with or the step has not been taken—
              (a)    the first anniversary of the suspension;
              (b)    if the chief executive and the proponent have, before the
                     first anniversary, agreed to a later day—the later day.
        (4)   This section is subject to sections 47 and 68.


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