Marginal note:Time limit
37 (1) If the Minister refers the impact assessment of a designated project to a review panel, the Agency must establish the following time limits:
(a) the time limit, after the day on which the notice referred to in subsection 19(4) with respect to the designated project is posted on the Internet site, within which the review panel must submit a report with respect to that impact assessment to the Minister; and
(b) the time limit, after the day on which the review panel submits the report, within which the Agency must post its recommendations under subsection 55.1(2).
Marginal note:Limit of 600 days
(2) Subject to subsection (3), the total number of days for the time limits established under subsection (1) must not exceed 600 unless the Agency is of the opinion that more time is required to allow the review panel to cooperate with a jurisdiction referred to in section 21 with respect to the impact assessment of the designated project or to take into account circumstances that are specific to that project.
Marginal note:Extension of time limit by Minister
(3) The Minister may extend the time limit established under paragraph (1)(a) by any period — up to a maximum of 90 days — that is necessary to permit the review panel to cooperate with a jurisdiction referred to in section 21 or to take into account circumstances that are specific to the designated project.
Marginal note:Extension of time limit by Governor in Council
(4) The Governor in Council may, on the recommendation of the Minister, extend the time limit extended under subsection (3) any number of times.
Marginal note:Posting notices on Internet site
(5) The Agency must post the following items on the Internet site:
(a) the Agency’s reasons for establishing the time limits under subsection (1);
(b) a notice of any extension granted under subsection (3), including the Minister’s reasons for granting that extension; and
(c) a notice of any extension granted under subsection (4).
Marginal note:Suspending time limit
(6) The Agency may suspend the time limit within which the review panel must submit the report until any activity that is prescribed by regulations made under paragraph 112(1)(c) is completed. If the Agency suspends the time limit, it must post on the Internet site a notice that sets out its reasons for doing so.
Marginal note:Notice posted on Internet site
(7) When the Agency is of the opinion that the prescribed activity is completed, it must post a notice to that effect on the Internet site.
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