(1) The Authority shall hold public consultations in all relevant communities within the Northern Development Zone relating to a major project that the Authority plans to implement and shall take into account comments received from the consultations in making the final implementation decision.

(2) The Authority shall, in not less than seven days before the public consultation, publish in the Gazette and at least one daily newspaper of national circulation a notice containing the details of the project and the assessment by the Authority of the social and economic impact of the project.