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LAND (PLANNING AND ENVIRONMENT) ACT (NO. 100 OF 1991) - SECT 117

Public inspection

117. (1) A proponent who has submitted a preliminary assessment to the Environment Minister in accordance with a notice under section 113 shall cause to be published in the Gazette, and in a daily newspaper, a notice approved by the Environment Minister stating that copies of the preliminary assessment are available for public inspection and purchase from the proponent at specified places and times.

(2) A proponent who has published a notice pursuant to subsection (1) shall—

        (a)     make copies of the preliminary assessment available for inspection and purchase at the places and times specified in the notice; and

        (b)     give a copy of the preliminary assessment, without charge, to the Librarian, ACT Library Service and to the Conservation Council of the South-East Region and Canberra (Inc.).

(3) A copy of a preliminary assessment made available by a proponent for sale pursuant to this section shall not be sold at a price that exceeds a price fixed by the Environment Minister as the maximum price for the sale of a copy of the assessment.

(4) In fixing a maximum price at which a proponent may sell a copy of a preliminary assessment, the Environment Minister shall fix a price that will reimburse the proponent for the cost of producing the copy but not for any expense incurred by the proponent in preparing the preliminary assessment.

(5) Where the Environment Minister makes a decision fixing the maximum price that a proponent may charge for a copy of a preliminary assessment, he or she shall give written notice of the decision to the proponent including—

        (a)     a statement to the effect that, subject to the Administrative Appeals Tribunal Act 1989 , the proponent may apply to the Tribunal for review of the Minister's decision; and

        (b)     except where subsection 26 (11) of that Act applies—a statement to the effect that the proponent may request a statement under section 26 of that Act.



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