Section 12: Mandatory study list not to be carried out without the report of the Agency

(1) When a project is described on the Mandatory Study List specified in the Schedule to this Act or is referred to mediation or a review panel, no Federal, State or Local Government or any of their authority or agency Shall exercise any power or perform any duty or functions that would permit the project to be carried out in whole or in part until the Agency has taken a cause of action conducive to its power under the Act establishing it or has taken a decision or issue an order that the project could be carried out with or without conditions.
(2) Where the Agency has given certain conditions before the carrying out of the project, the conditions shall be fulfilled before any person or authority shall embark on the project.