Coast Conservation (Amendment) Act 2011 · As enacted
12. Amendment of section 16 of the principal enactment
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Section 16 of the principal enactment is hereby amended as follows:—
by the repeal of subsections (1) and (2) of that section and the substitution therefor of the following subsections:—
“(1) Upon receipt of an application for a permit to engage in a development activity within the
Coastal Zone as required by subsection (3) of section 14, the Director-General may require the applicant to furnish an initial environmental examination report or an environmental impact assessment report relating to the development activity as the case may be, or both such reports. It shall be the duty of the applicant to comply with such requirement. Every initial environmental examination report or environmental impact assessment report shall contain such particulars as may be prescribed:
Provided however, that the Minister may by regulation prescribe the categories of development activities in respect of which an initial environmental examination report would not be necessary.
In cases where an initial environmental examination report is requested by the Director-General, he may, on receipt of such report and if it appears that such report is sufficient for the purpose of determining, whether or not to grant the permit, dispense with the requirement of providing the environmental impact assessment report.
Where the Director-General considers that the initial environmental examination report is sufficient to determine whether or not to issue the permit, he may submit a copy of such report to the
Council for its comments, if any.
The Council shall, within thirty days of the initial environmental examination report being submitted to them, furnish its comments if any, to the Director-General.
Where after considering an initial environmental examination report submitted to him under subsection (2A), the Director-General considers that an environmental impact assessment report is necessary to arrive at a decision, he may require the applicant to submit the same to him.
Upon receipt of the environmental impact assessment report, the Director-General shall submit a copy of the same to the Council for its comments and by Notification published in the
Gazette provide an opportunity for the public to submit comments in respect of the same within thirty days of the date of such Notification.”;
in subsection (4) of that section, by the substitution for the words “under subsection (3)” of the words
“under subsections (2A), (2C), (2D) and (3)”; and
in subsection (5) of that section, by the substitution for the words “under subsection (3)” of the words
“under subsections (2C), (2D) and (3)”.