Heritage Act 2011
75Consideration of application
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75 Consideration of application (1) In deciding an application for a work approval, the decision maker must consider the following: (a) the extent to which the application, if approved, would affect the heritage significance of the heritage place or object; (b) the extent to which the application, if refused, would: (i) affect the reasonable or economic use of the place or (ii) cause a person undue financial hardship;
Heritage Act 2011 32 (c) for an application for major work – the Council's advice on the application; (d) if the heritage place or object is, or is in, a sacred site – the advice of the Aboriginal Areas Protection Authority; (e) other matters relating to the conservation, use and management of the place or object the decision maker considers relevant. (2) For subsection (1), the decision maker may ask the applicant to give the decision maker additional information relevant to the application.