The Minister is not to
approve under section 62(1) a proposed minor region planning scheme amendment
referred to the EPA under section 38 if the Minister has reached agreement
with the Minister for the Environment under section 48A(2)(b) of the EP Act,
or until —
(a) the
Minister is informed under section 48A(1)(a) of the EP Act that the EPA
considers that that amendment should not be assessed by the EPA under Part IV
Division 3 of the EP Act; or
(b) the
Minister has received a statement under section 48F(2), or a decision has been
made under section 48J, of the EP Act in respect of the conditions, if any, to
which that amendment is subject; or
(c) the
period of 28 days referred to in section 48A(1)(b)(i) of the EP Act has
expired without the EPA having informed the Commission under that section,
whichever first
occurs, and the Minister is satisfied that the conditions, if any, to which
that amendment is subject have been incorporated into that amendment.
[Section 61 amended: No. 26 of 2020 s. 41.]