STATE DEVELOPMENT AND PUBLIC WORKS ORGANISATION ACT 1971 - SECT 54T Decision about approving undertaking of coordinated project

STATE DEVELOPMENT AND PUBLIC WORKS ORGANISATION ACT 1971 - SECT 54T

54T Decision about approving undertaking of coordinated project

(1) This section applies after—

(a) the Coordinator-General has received the final protected matters report under section 54R ; and

(b) the earlier of the following happens—

(i) the proponent complies with all information requirement notices relating to the final report;

(ii) each period stated in an information requirement notice relating to the final report has ended.

(2) The Coordinator-General must decide—

(a) to approve the undertaking of all or part of the coordinated project in relation to each of the specified provisions; or

(b) to refuse to approve the project.

(3) However, the Coordinator-General must not approve the undertaking of the coordinated project to the extent the project will impact an environmental matter protected by a specified provision in a way that, in the Coordinator-General’s opinion, is unacceptable or unsustainable.

(4) To remove any doubt, it is declared that if the Coordinator-General approves the undertaking of only part of a project, the balance of the project is refused.