Environment Protection Act (Cap. 549), article 61

61. (1) Decisions on applications shall be taken without delay. (2) The Minister may, after consultation with the Authority, make regulations to give better effect to the provisions of thi s article and, without prejudice to the generality of the foregoi ng, he may: (a) establish the procedures to be used by the Authority and the applicant in the s ubmission, processing and determination of applications; (b) establish the procedures to be used by an applicant prior to the submission of an application; (c) establish minimum or maximum time limits or both within which submissions, consultations and representations have to be made and decisions have to be taken and communicated as relevant. Reconsideration. 62. Any person holding an existing authorisation has the right to request a modification to such authorisation to include furt her operations, or changes in opera tional parameters as may be required. Such requests shall be considered and processed as a new application, not in any way conditioned by previous authorisati ons issued by the Authority. Appeals. Amended by: XXX.2023.6.