PETROLEUM AND GAS (PRODUCTION AND SAFETY) ACT 2004 - SECT 448 Criteria for decisions

PETROLEUM AND GAS (PRODUCTION AND SAFETY) ACT 2004 - SECT 448

448 Criteria for decisions

The matters that must be considered in deciding whether to grant a petroleum facility licence or deciding its provisions include each of the following—

(a) the applicant’s—

(ii) financial and technical resources; and

(ii) ability to competently and safely manage the construction and operation of the proposed petroleum facility;

(b) for a proposed petroleum facility, the appropriateness of its—

(i) location on the proposed petroleum facility land; and

(ii) configuration, design and construction methods;

(c) if the area of the licence is, or is included in, the area of another petroleum authority or a mining interest—any possible impacts of authorised activities under the licence on authorised activities under the other petroleum authority or on mining under the mining interest;

(d) the purpose of the facility;

(e) whether the proposed licence is in the public interest.