Section 108 — Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999: Publicising inquiry

(1) As soon as practicable, the commission must publish in accordance with the regulations and in any other way it thinks fit: (a) the terms of reference; and (b) the information relating to the action given to the Minister under this Chapter before the Minister made the decision under Division 3 to use an inquiry to assess the relevant impacts of the action. (2) The commission need not publish the information described in paragraph (1)(b) if, before the Minister appointed the commission, the designated proponent of the action published: (a) a draft report under section 98 (which deals with draft public environment reports); or (b) a draft statement under section 103 (which deals with draft environmental impact statements). However, in this case the commission must publish as described in subsection (1) notice of the fact that the draft report or draft statement has already been published.