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Natural Environment Bill

Natural resource permits - Notification, submissions, and hearings - Notification

144: Time limit for public notification or targeted notification

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"How long the permit authority has to decide who to tell about your application"

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If you apply for a natural resource permit, the permit authority has 20 working days to decide whether to tell the public or just some people about your application. They must follow sections 145 and 146 to make this decision. If they decide to notify people, they will tell you, the applicant, about their decision.

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143: Consequences of applicant’s failure to respond to requests, etc, or

"What happens if you don't respond to requests about your natural resource permit application?"

145: Mandatory public notification in some circumstances, or

"When to Tell the Public About Resource Permits"

Part 4Natural resource permits
Notification, submissions, and hearings: Notification

144Time limit for public notification or targeted notification

A permit authority must, within 20 working days after the application is first lodged,—
decide whether to give public or targeted notification of an application for a natural resource permit in accordance with sections 145 and 146; and
notify the applicant if it decides to do so.