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Provision Reference: s 10 (pt 2/2)
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any comments of the Secretary of the relevant Department or chief executive officer of the authority made within the period stated in the notice; and
 (iii) sets out any action that the Environment Secretary, after considering the comments (if any), recommends should be taken by the Department or authority.

Powers of Environment Minister
 (5) When such a report is given to the Environment Minister, that Minister must, within 60 days:
 (a) if he or she administers the relevant Department, or administers the enactment by or under which the authority is established or is otherwise administratively responsible for the actions of the authority—take any action that he or she thinks appropriate; or
 (b) otherwise—make any recommendations that he or she thinks appropriate to the Minister who administers the relevant Department, or who administers the enactment by or under which the authority is established or is otherwise administratively responsible for the actions of the authority.

Ministers to give comments, and report on action, to Environment Minister
 (6) If a recommendation is made to a Minister under paragraph (5)(b), that Minister is to give the Environment Minister within 60 days of receiving the recommendation:
 (a) his or her comments on the recommendation; and
 (b) a report as to the action that has been taken, in respect of the matters to which the recommendation relates, since the Secretary of the Department or the chief executive officer of the authority was told of the relevant circumstances.

Part 2—Implementation of NEPMs by extending the application of certain provisions of applied State laws to Commonwealth activities in Commonwealth places