Victorian Consolidated Legislation

Mineral Resources (Sustainable Development) Act 1990 - SECT 23

Priority of applications

23. Priority of applications



(1) If more than one application for a licence in respect of the same land is
received on the same day, the Minister must assign an order of priority to
those applications.

(2) The Minister must assign the highest priority to the application that he
or she believes will best further the objectives of this Act after
considering-





   (a)  the relative merits of the applications; and

   (b)  the likely ability of each applicant to meet the requirements
        specified in section 15(6).

(3) Once an application has been assigned the highest priority, any further
assessment of the application must be made without regard to anything
contained in applications having a lower priority.