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LAND (PLANNING AND ENVIRONMENT) ACT (NO. 100 OF 1991) - SECT 131

Evaluation by Environment Minister

131. (1) Unless subsection (2) applies, within the prescribed period after the submission of a public environment report or environmental impact statement to the Environment Minister, he or she shall prepare a written report evaluating it.

(2) Where the Environment Minister gives a notice to a proponent under subsection 130 (1), that Minister shall prepare a written report evaluating a public environment report or statement within the prescribed period after the proponent—

        (a)     re-submits the report or statement under paragraph 130 (3) (a); or

        (b)     submits a report under paragraph 130 (3) (b);

as the case requires.

(3) A report under subsection (1) shall include—

        (a)     a statement as to whether, in the opinion of the Environment Minister, the public environment report or environmental impact statement has been prepared in accordance with this Division, and with the relevant directions under this Division;

        (b)     any comment by that Minister about the environmental impact of the relevant proposal;

        (c)     where that Minister has convened a meeting under section 128—the report of that meeting referred to in subsection 128 (2); and

        (d)     any recommendation of that Minister about the conditions subject to which the proposal should be approved.



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