Queensland Consolidated Acts

STATE DEVELOPMENT AND PUBLIC WORKS ORGANISATION ACT 1971 - SECT 54Q

54Q Public notification of draft protected matters report

(1) This section applies after the proponent has prepared a draft protected matters report for the coordinated project to the satisfaction of the Coordinator-General.

(2) The proponent must publicly notify the draft protected matters report.

(3) However, the proponent must publicly notify the draft protected matters report under subsection (2) when complying with section 33 in relation to the coordinated project only if—

(a) the proponent is required to comply with section 33 in relation to the project; and

(b) the bilateral project declaration for the project was made before the proponent complied with section 33 .

(4) For publicly notifying the draft protected matters report as required by subsection (2) —

(a) section 33 applies as if a reference in that section to a draft EIS were to the report; and

(b) the proponent must comply with the requirements prescribed by regulation for the notification in a regulation; and

(c) submissions about the report may be made under section 34 as if the report were a draft EIS; and

(d) the submission period for the coordinated project set under section 33 (1) (d) must be at least the minimum period prescribed by regulation.