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QUEENSLAND HERITAGE ACT 1992 - SECT 68

68 Assessing development applications under the Planning Act--State heritage places

(1) If, under the Planning Act, the chief executive is the assessment manager or a referral agency for a development application for development on a State heritage place, the chief executive must assess the application against the object of this Act.

(2) If the chief executive is satisfied the effect of approving the development would be to destroy or substantially reduce the cultural heritage significance of a State heritage place, the chief executive must, unless satisfied there is no prudent and feasible alternative to carrying out the development--

(a) if the chief executive is the assessment manager for the application--refuse the application; or
(b) if the chief executive is a concurrence agency for the application--tell the assessment manager to refuse the application.

(3) In considering whether there is no prudent and feasible alternative to carrying out the development, the chief executive must have regard to--

(a) safety, health and economic considerations; and
(b) any other matters the chief executive considers relevant.


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