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subject of a draft comprehensive environmental evaluation prepared under the Act, comments received by the Minister on the draft evaluation.

 (2) As soon as practicable after the day specified in the notice given under paragraph 10 (3) (a), the Minister must forward to the proponent any comments that the Minister has received (except from a foreign signatory).

 (3) The Minister must, as soon as practicable, forward to the proponent any comments that the Minister receives from foreign signatories within 90 days of the dispatch day.

Division 2 Final comprehensive environmental evaluations;

12 Contents of a final comprehensive environmental evaluation

  For the purposes of paragraph 12K (2) (a) of the Act, a final comprehensive environmental evaluation in respect of an activity must include:
 (a) information required by regulation 8 to be included in a draft comprehensive environmental evaluation; and
 (b) if the Minister has forwarded comments to the proponent under regulation 11-the text or a summary of the comments, and material responding to them.

13 Notice of availability of an Australian final comprehensive environmental evaluation

 (1) As soon as practicable after the Minister has:
 (a) received a final comprehensive environmental evaluation prepared in accordance with the Act; and
 (b) decided under section 12L of the Act whether or not to authorise the carrying on of the evaluated activity; and
 (c) if the Minister has decided to authorise the carrying on of the evaluated activity-notified foreign signatories to the Madrid Protocol of the decision;
he or she must publish a notice in the Gazette.

 (2) The notice must state:
 (a) that the Minister has received a final comprehensive environmental evaluation and made a decision on authorisation of the evaluated activity; and
 (b) the address from which a person may obtain a copy of:
 (i) the evaluation; and
 (ii) if the activity has been authorised-the notice of authorisation.

[NOTE: Section 12L of the Act requires the Minister to gazette an authorisation, or a notice of a decision not to authorise, an activity that is the subject of a final comprehensive environmental evaluation.]

 (3) The address must be the address of:
 (a) the proponent of the evaluated activity; or
 (b) the person that prepared the evaluation.

14 Notice of availability of a foreign final comprehensive environmental evaluation

  As soon as practicable after the Minister has received from a foreign party to the Madrid Protocol:
 (a) a final comprehensive environmental evaluation; and
 (b) notice of a decision relating to the evaluation;
he or she must publish in the Gazette a notice stating that a person may obtain, from the address in Australia specified in the notice in the Gazette, a copy of the documents received from the foreign party.

Division 3 Prescribed condition on authorisation