Commonwealth Consolidated Regulations Commonwealth Consolidated Regulations(1) For subsection 87 (4A) of the Act, the criteria for a decision by the Minister are all of the following:
(a) the potential scale and nature of the relevant impacts of the action can be predicted with a high level of confidence;
(b) the relevant impacts are expected to be short term, easily reversible or small in scale;
(c) adequate information is available about relevant impacts on the matters protected;
(d) the action is likely to have a significant impact on only a small number of protected matters or elements of each relevant protected matter;
(e) if the information is available -- the person proposing to take the action has a satisfactory record of responsible environmental management and compliance with environmental laws;
(f) the degree of public concern about the action is, or is expected to be, moderately low.
(2) In making a decision on an assessment on referral information, the Minister must not consider financial or economic factors.