8Grant of permit

8 Grant of permit (1) Where the Minister is satisfied: (a) that the applicant for a permit has complied with the requirements of section 5; and (b) that 28 days have elapsed since the date on which the last of the notices required to be served by section 6 was served, he may, after taking into consideration any representations and comments lodged in accordance with the statement referred to in section 6(2)(b), grant to the applicant a permit in respect of the land specified in the application under section 5(1) or, where an application is made under section 7, in respect of: Energy Pipelines Act 1981 10 (c) such of the land specified in the application under section 5(1) as is not excluded land referred to in section 7(1); and (d) any additional land referred to in the application under section 7(1), as he thinks fit. (2) In considering an application for a permit, the Minister must have regard to: (a) whether the carrying on of survey works on the land specified in the application would interfere or be likely to interfere unnecessarily with: (i) improvements on the land; (ii) flora, fauna, fish, fisheries and scenic attractions on or in the vicinity of the land; or (iii) features of architectural, archaeological, historical or geological interest on or in the vicinity of the land; and (b) the effect that the grant of the permit 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 6(2)(b).