(1) The Minister must, within 14 days after receiving under section 60TF(2) advice in relation to a major project –
(a) amend under subsection (2) the declaration of a major project, to which the advice relates, so that the declaration also relates to an additional area of land to which the advice relates; or
(b) refuse to amend under subsection (2) the declaration of a major project to which the advice relates and notify the relevant advice body and the proponent of that decision.
(2) The Minister, by notice in the Gazette, may amend a declaration of a major project so that the declaration also relates to an additional area of land.
(3) The Minister may amend a declaration of a major project under subsection (2) so that the declaration also relates to an additional area of land, whether or not the additional area of land adjoins the area of land to which the declaration of a major project relates.
(4) An amendment of a declaration of a major project under subsection (2) that relates to an additional area of land may contain the amendments to the declaration that are necessary to ensure that the declaration –
(a) also relates to the additional area of land; and
(b) specifies the proposed uses or developments that are proposed to occur on the additional land (including any such use or development that may only occur if a major project permit is amended); and
(c) indicates generally the areas, on the additional area of land, on which proposed uses or developments in relation to the major project are proposed to occur.
(5) The Minister must not amend a declaration of a major project under subsection (2) so that the declaration also relates to an additional area of land unless –
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(a) the Minister has received under section 60TF(2) advice from the relevant advice body in relation to the additional area of land; and
(b) the Minister is satisfied that there are, under section 60TB , grounds to amend the declaration of a major project so that the declaration also relates to the additional area of land.
(6) The Minister must not amend a declaration of a major project under subsection (2) so that the declaration also relates to an additional area of land, if the Minister is of the opinion that, were the declaration of a major project amended so that the declaration also relates to the additional area of land, the project would, under section 60N , not be eligible to be declared to be a major project.
(7) The Minister must not amend a declaration of a major project under subsection (2) so that the declaration also relates to an additional area of land, except –
(a) if all or part of the additional area of land is Crown land, within the meaning of the Crown Lands Act 1976 – with the consent of the Minister to whom the administration of that Act is assigned; or
(b) if all or part of the additional area of land is land owned by a council – with the consent of the council; or
(c) if all or part of the additional area of land is situated in Wellington Park – with the consent of the Wellington Park Management Trust.
(8) The Minister must not amend a declaration of a major project under subsection (2) so that the declaration also relates to an additional area of land unless –
(a) where all or part of the additional area of land is land of which the proponent is not the owner – the owner, or owners, of the land; and
(b) where all or part of the additional area of land is land that is not owned by a council but is occupied or administered by a council – the council –
have been given notice in writing of the proposal to amend a declaration of a major project under subsection (2) so that the declaration also relates to the additional area of land.
(9) If –
(a) the Minister has amended a declaration of a major project under subsection (2) so that the declaration also relates to an additional area of land; and
(b) the Minister is satisfied that the additional area of land is no longer required for the purposes for which the amendment of the declaration of a major project was sought –
the Minister may amend the declaration of a major project so that the declaration of a major project no longer relates to the additional area of land.