Acts and Regulations

87-83 - Environmental Impact Assessment

Section 9
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9(1)The Minister, where he has determined that the completion of an environmental impact assessment is required in relation to an undertaking, shall, within sixty days after the date on which that determination was made,
(a) in consultation with the review committee, prepare draft guidelines relating to the substance, scope and conduct of the environmental impact assessment,
(b) when the draft guidelines are prepared, give public notice of that fact
(i) by publishing a notice in The Royal Gazette, and
(ii) by such further means as he considers appropriate,
(c) make copies of those draft guidelines available to the proponent and to the public on request, and
(d) in the notice referred to in subparagraph (b)(i), and by such other means as he considers appropriate, invite representations concerning the draft guidelines, such representations to be received by the Minister no more than thirty days after the date on which notice is published in The Royal Gazette.
9(2)The Minister, in consultation with the review committee, shall consider any representations made to him concerning the draft guidelines, and shall, no more than sixty days after the date on which notice under subparagraph (1)(b)(i) was published in The Royal Gazette, issue to the proponent final guidelines relating to the substance, scope and conduct of the environmental impact assessment.
9(3)The Minister shall
(a) send copies of the final guidelines to all those who made representations to him pursuant to paragraph (1)(b),
(b) give public notice that the final guidelines have been issued
(i) by publishing a notice in The Royal Gazette, and
(ii) by such further means as he considers appropriate, and
(c) make copies of the final guidelines available to the public on request.
9(1)The Minister, where he has determined that the completion of an environmental impact assessment is required in relation to an undertaking, shall, within sixty days after the date on which that determination was made,
(a) in consultation with the review committee, prepare draft guidelines relating to the substance, scope and conduct of the environmental impact assessment,
(b) when the draft guidelines are prepared, give public notice of that fact
(i) by publishing a notice in The Royal Gazette, and
(ii) by such further means as he considers appropriate,
(c) make copies of those draft guidelines available to the proponent and to the public on request, and
(d) in the notice referred to in subparagraph (b)(i), and by such other means as he considers appropriate, invite representations concerning the draft guidelines, such representations to be received by the Minister no more than thirty days after the date on which notice is published in The Royal Gazette.
9(2)The Minister, in consultation with the review committee, shall consider any representations made to him concerning the draft guidelines, and shall, no more than sixty days after the date on which notice under subparagraph (1)(b)(i) was published in The Royal Gazette, issue to the proponent final guidelines relating to the substance, scope and conduct of the environmental impact assessment.
9(3)The Minister shall
(a) send copies of the final guidelines to all those who made representations to him pursuant to paragraph (1)(b),
(b) give public notice that the final guidelines have been issued
(i) by publishing a notice in The Royal Gazette, and
(ii) by such further means as he considers appropriate, and
(c) make copies of the final guidelines available to the public on request.