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Natural resource permits - Notification, submissions, and hearings - Submissions on applications

152: Submissions on applications

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"Having Your Say on Natural Resource Permit Applications"

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You can make a submission about an application for a natural resource permit if it is publicly notified. You must make your submission to the permit authority in the manner described in section 132 of the Planning Act 2025. This applies to you if you are a qualifying resident of the region or an affected person under section 149. If the application is the subject of targeted notification, you can make a submission if you were served with notice of the application. You must make your submission to the permit authority in the manner described in section 132 of the Planning Act 2025. This is how you have your say about the application. When making a submission, you must not talk about trade competition or its effects. The permit authority may strike out your submission, or part of it, in accordance with section 133 of the Planning Act 2025. This means they can remove your submission if it does not follow the rules.

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Part 4Natural resource permits
Notification, submissions, and hearings: Submissions on applications

152Submissions on applications

If an application for a natural resource permit is publicly notified, the following persons may make a submission about it to the permit authority in the manner described in section 132 of the Planning Act 2025:
a qualifying resident of the region to which the application relates:
a person who is not a qualifying resident of the region to which the application relates if that person is an affected person under section 149.

If an application for a natural resource permit is the subject of targeted notification a person served with notice of the application may make a submission about it to the permit authority in the manner described in section 132 of the Planning Act 2025.
In addition to the matters specified in section 132(1) of the Planning Act 2025, a submission must not be made in relation to trade competition or the effects of trade competition.
A permit authority may strike out a submission, or part of a submission, in accordance with section 133 of the Planning Act 2025.