Australian Capital Territory Current Acts

NATIONAL ENVIRONMENT PROTECTION COUNCIL ACT 1994 - SECT 17

    (1)     Before making a national environment protection measure, the council shall publish a notice—

        (a)     stating how the draft of the proposed measure and the impact statement may be obtained; and

        (b)     inviting submissions to the council on the proposed measure, or on the impact statement, within a specified period.

    (2)     The notice shall—

        (a)     be published in the Commonwealth of Australia Gazette ; and

        (b)     so far as each participating State or Territory is concerned—also be published, on at least 2 days during the month when the Commonwealth of Australia Gazette notice is published, in a newspaper circulating in that State or Territory.

    (3)     The period specified in each notice under subsection (1) shall end not less than 2 months after the day on which subsection (2) (b) has been fully complied with in all participating jurisdictions.