(1)  The Panel in relation to a major project must prepare draft assessment criteria in relation to the major project as soon as practicable but in any case within the relevant period in relation to the major project.

(2)  For the purposes of this section, the relevant period in relation to a major project is the period –

(a) beginning on the day by which each relevant regulator has given the Panel a notice under section 60ZA(1) , or is required under that section to have given the Panel such a notice, whichever is the later day; and

(b) ending 14 days, or a longer period allowed by the Minister, after that day.

(3)  Section 60ZM (apart from subsections (1), (2), (8) and (9)) applies in relation to draft assessment criteria as if the draft were assessment criteria.

(4)  The Panel in relation to a major project must consider the major project proposal in relation to the major project before determining the draft assessment criteria in relation to the major project.

(5)  Despite subsection (1) , if the Panel gives a warning notice under section 60ZE(1) in relation to a major project before the end of the relevant period in relation to the major project, any period that –

(a) begins on the day on which the notice is given; and

(b) ends on the last day on which the Panel may, in accordance with section 60ZI(2)(c) , give a no reasonable prospect notice in relation to the major project under section 60ZI  –

is not to be taken into account in the calculation of the relevant period.