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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION ACT 1986 - SECT 38A

38A .         Request for further information

        (1)         If the Authority considers that it does not have enough information about a proposal referred to it under section 38 to enable it to decide —

            (a)         whether or not to assess the proposal; or

            (b)         whether or not to agree to a request made under section 39B(1); or

            (c)         on the level of assessment if the proposal is going to be assessed,

                it may, by written notice, request any person to provide it with additional information about the proposal.

        (2)         The 28 day period set by section 39A(3) is not to be regarded as having begun in relation to a proposal until each notice issued under subsection (1) in relation to the proposal has been complied with or, in the case of a notice sent to a person other than the person who referred the proposal, the period specified in the notice for complying with that notice has expired.

        [Section 38A inserted by No. 54 of 2003 s. 7.]



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