Environmental Protection Amendment Regulations 1995 (WA)

5 May 1995] GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, WA 1701

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION ACT 1986

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AMENDMENT REGULATIONS

1995

Made by His Excellency the Governor in Executive Council on the recommendation of the Authority.

Citation

1. These regulations may be cited as the Environmental Protection

Amendment Regulations 1995.

Regulation 2B inserted

2. After regulation 2A of the Environmental Protection Regulations 1987*

the following regulation is inserted —

a

Inspection of minutes

28. (1) In this regulation —

"minute" means a minute of proceedings of a meeting of

the Authority.

(2) Subject to subregulation (4), a minute relating to a matter is to be made available for public inspection after the expiration of 6 months from the day on which the minute was made.

(a)	in subregulation (3)(a) is to be made available for public inspection after the expiration of 12 months from the day on which the minute was made; and
(b)	in subregulation (3)(b) is to be made available for public inspection after the expiration of 5 years from
the day on which the minute was made.

(3) The Authority may before the expiration of the period referred to in subregulation (2) determine that a particular minute —

(a)	relates to a matter that has yet to be resolved by the Authority; or
(b)	contains information that the Authority considers to be confidential (whether for commercial reasons or otherwise),

and stamp the minute accordingly.

(4) A minute that is the subject of a determination referred

to

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(5) Minutes are to be made available for public inspection during normal office hours at the following places (each of which is located at 141 St George's Terrace, Perth, Western Australia) —

(a) the head office of the Authority; and

(b) the public reading room of the Department.

(* Published in Gazette of 20 February 1987 at p. 447-9.

For amendments to 29 December 1994 see 1993 Index to Legislation of Western Australia, Table 4, p. 67, and Gazette of 10 June 1994.1

Recommended by the Environmental Protection Authority.

Dr RAY S'rEEDMAN, Chairman.

By His Excellency's Command,

M. C. WAUCHOPE, Clerk of the Council.