Acts and Regulations

87-83 - Environmental Impact Assessment

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6(1)The Minister may require from the proponent of an undertaking registered under section 5 any information the Minister considers necessary for the purposes of his determination of whether or not the completion of an environmental impact assessment is required in relation to the undertaking.
6(2)The Minister may stipulate a time by which any information required by him under subsection (1) must be received.
6(3)When the Minister has received all the information he considers necessary for the purposes of his determination of whether or not the completion of an environmental impact assessment is required in relation to an undertaking, he shall within thirty days determine the question and notify the proponent who registered the undertaking of his determination.
6(4)The Minister shall determine that the completion of an environmental impact assessment is required in relation to any undertaking which, whether viewed in isolation or together with any enterprise, activity, project, structure, work or program that the Minister considers likely to be carried on if the undertaking is carried on, may in the Minister’s opinion result in a significant environmental impact.
6(5)Where the Minister determines that the completion of an environmental impact assessment is required, he shall give public notice of his determination
(a) by publishing a notice thereof in The Royal Gazette, and
(b) by such further means as he considers appropriate.
6(6)Where the Minister determines that an undertaking may be carried on without the completion of an environmental impact assessment, he may make that determination subject to such terms and conditions as he may impose for the undertaking.
6(7)In determining for the purposes of subsection (4) whether an undertaking may result in a significant environmental impact the Minister may take into consideration any terms or conditions which he intends to impose under subsection (6).
6(1)The Minister may require from the proponent of an undertaking registered under section 5 any information the Minister considers necessary for the purposes of his determination of whether or not the completion of an environmental impact assessment is required in relation to the undertaking.
6(2)The Minister may stipulate a time by which any information required by him under subsection (1) must be received.
6(3)When the Minister has received all the information he considers necessary for the purposes of his determination of whether or not the completion of an environmental impact assessment is required in relation to an undertaking, he shall within thirty days determine the question and notify the proponent who registered the undertaking of his determination.
6(4)The Minister shall determine that the completion of an environmental impact assessment is required in relation to any undertaking which, whether viewed in isolation or together with any enterprise, activity, project, structure, work or program that the Minister considers likely to be carried on if the undertaking is carried on, may in the Minister’s opinion result in a significant environmental impact.
6(5)Where the Minister determines that the completion of an environmental impact assessment is required, he shall give public notice of his determination
(a) by publishing a notice thereof in The Royal Gazette, and
(b) by such further means as he considers appropriate.
6(6)Where the Minister determines that an undertaking may be carried on without the completion of an environmental impact assessment, he may make that determination subject to such terms and conditions as he may impose for the undertaking.
6(7)In determining for the purposes of subsection (4) whether an undertaking may result in a significant environmental impact the Minister may take into consideration any terms or conditions which he intends to impose under subsection (6).