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Energy Pipelines Act 1981
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15 Grant of licence
(1) Where 28 days have elapsed since the date on which the last of
the notices required by section 13(5) to be published was
published, the Minister may, after taking into consideration any
representations and comments lodged in accordance with the
statement referred to in section 13(4a)(c) and the matters referred
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to in subsection (2), grant to the applicant a licence in respect of
the proposed pipeline and shall cause to be published in the
Gazette a notice that the licence has been granted.
(2) In considering an application for a licence the Minister shall have
regard to:
(a) the public interest;
(b) the financial and technical ability of the applicant to construct,
operate and maintain the proposed pipeline;
(c) whether the construction of the proposed pipeline or any
apparatus or works on the land specified in the application
would contravene the development provisions, or an interim
development control order, under the Planning Act 1999;
(d) whether the construction of the proposed pipeline or
apparatus or works would be likely to interfere unnecessarily
with:
(i) improvements on;
(ii) flora, fauna, fish, fisheries and scenic attractions on or in
the vicinity of; or
(iii) any features of architectural, archaeological, historical or
geological interest on or in the vicinity of,
the land specified in the application; and
(e) the effect that the grant of the licence would have or be likely
to have on registered native title rights and interests or, if
there are no registered native title rights or interests in relation
to any of the affected land or waters, any comments lodged
by representative Aboriginal/Torres Strait Islander bodies in
accordance with the statement referred to in
section 13(4A)(c).