(1) In deciding whether to approve or refuse to approve an application for the
issue of a transitional environmental program or the conditions to be imposed
on the program, the administering authority—
(a) must consider whether the
program sought by the application—
(ii) will achieve full
compliance with the Act for the matters dealt with by the program under
section 349 ; and
(b) must comply with any relevant regulatory requirement;
and
(c) subject to paragraph (b) , must also consider the following—
(i)
the standard criteria;
(ii) additional information given in relation to the
application;
(iii) the views expressed at a conference held in relation to
the application.
(2) Subsection (1) (c) does not limit the criteria or
matters the administering authority may consider in making a decision under
section 339.
(3) Without limiting the circumstances in which the
administering authority may refuse to approve the application, the
administering authority may refuse to approve the application if it considers
the program sought by the applicationmay allow serious environmental harm to
happen or cause serious environmental harm.
(4) However, the administering
authority must refuse to approve the application if it considers the program
sought by the application will not achieve full compliance with the Act for
the matters dealt with by the program under section 349 .