New South Wales Consolidated Acts

VERY FAST TRAIN (ROUTE INVESTIGATION) ACT 1989 - SECT 8

8 Grant or refusal of permits

(1) After considering an application for a permit, the Minister may:

(a) grant a permit in respect of the whole or any part of the land to which the application relates, or

(b) refuse the application.

(2) Before granting a permit to enter land, the Minister shall take into consideration:

(a) any relevant submission received by the Minister within 21 days of publication of a notice under section 7 relating to the application, and

(b) all information included in the application under section 7 (3) (d) or (e), and

(c) whether any other permit has been granted in respect of the same land, and

(d) whether the grant of the permit would, in the Minister’s opinion, result in unreasonable duplication of surveys, examinations or tests, and

(e) any features that, in the Minister’s opinion, are special features of the land or of adjacent land,

and may take into consideration any other matters the Minister considers relevant.