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Public participation in preparation and revision of rehabilitation plan
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137. (1) Where the rehabilitation authority proposes to prepare or, as the case may be, revise a rehabilitation plan it shall give public notice in accordance with this section and shall consider submissions in accordance with subsection (3).
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(2) The rehabilitation authority shall, for the purposes of subsection (1)—
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(a) deposit in the offices of the Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment and in one or more places to which members of the public have access that are in the vicinity of the area subject to the plan or revised plan, a map showing the boundaries of that area, together with a draft of the plan and the information on which the draft is based, and
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(b) publish on the website of the Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment, in a national newspaper and in at least one newspaper circulating in the vicinity of that area a notice stating that—
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(i) the rehabilitation authority proposes to prepare or, as the case may be, revise the rehabilitation plan,
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(ii) a map showing the boundaries of the area subject to the plan, together with a draft of the plan and the information on which the draft is based may be viewed at the places at which they have been deposited in accordance with paragraph (a), and
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(iii) the public may send submissions that meet the requirements of subsection (3) to the rehabilitation authority at an address specified in the notice.
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(3) The rehabilitation authority shall consider any submissions that—
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(a) are in writing and have been delivered to the address specified in the notice under subsection (2)(b) within 21 days after the date of publication of the notice, and
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(b) are relevant to the proposed plan.
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