Queensland Consolidated Acts

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION ACT 1994 - SECT 326I

326I Action following refusal of report

(1) Subsection (2) applies if the administering authority decides to refuse to accept an environmental report under section 326G (4) (b) .

(2) The administering authority may require the recipient to conduct or commission another environmental investigation and submit a report on the investigation to it.

(3) A requirement under subsection (2) must be made by written notice given to the recipient.

(4) The notice must state—

(a) the relevant matters for the evaluation required; and

(b) a reasonable period after the notice is given by which the report must be given to the administering authority.

(5) A notice under subsection (2) must be accompanied by or include an information notice about the decision to give the notice and to fix the stated period.

(6) A person given a notice about a requirement under subsection (2) must comply with the requirement within the period stated in the notice.

Penalty—

Maximum penalty for subsection (6) —300 penalty units.

(7) In this section—

"recipient" , for an environmental report about an environmental investigation, means the person required to submit the report about the investigation to the administering authority under section 326B (2) or 326BA (2) .