60ZZPMajor project permit may be granted subject to conditions or restrictions

60ZZP Major project permit may be granted subject to conditions or restrictions

[Section 60ZZP Inserted by No. 21 of 2020, s. 12, Applied:28 Oct 2020]

(1)  The Panel may impose conditions or restrictions on a major project permit granted under section 60ZZM(1)(a) .

(2)  In addition to imposing under subsection (1) any conditions or restrictions on a major project permit that are required under subsection (4) to be imposed on a major project permit, the Panel may, subject to subsection (5) , impose under subsection (1) any conditions or restrictions that, in the opinion of the Panel, are necessary or desirable for the effective and appropriate use or development of land.

(3)  In deciding whether to impose under subsection (1) conditions or restrictions on a major project permit to be granted in relation to the major project, the Panel must consider –

(a) the conditions and restrictions that a participating regulator requested, in a final advice under section 60ZZF(1) , the Panel to impose on a major project permit in relation to the project; and

(b) any representations made under section 60ZZD(1) in relation to such conditions or restrictions; and

(c) any matters raised in hearings in relation to the major project.

(4)  The Panel must, under subsection (1) , impose on a major project permit granted under section 60ZZM(1)(a) any conditions or restrictions that a participating regulator that is a relevant regulator in relation to the Aboriginal Heritage Act 1975 or the Threatened Species Protection Act 1995 , requests the Panel, in a final advice under section 60ZZF(1) , to impose on the permit.

(5)  The Panel must not impose on a major project permit a condition or restriction that is inconsistent with a condition or restriction that the Panel must, under , impose.