9Assessment criteria

#### 9 Assessment criteria 9 Assessment criteria > For the purposes of this Part and section 54 (6) of the Act, the following matters are the assessment criteria for deciding whether or not to give consent to the carrying out of any activity in a marine park or an aquatic reserve: > > > (a) the objects of the Act (as specified in section 3 of the Act), > > > (b) the purposes of marine parks and aquatic reserves (as specified in sections 22 and 33 of the Act respectively), > > > (c) the objects of the zone in which the activity is proposed to be carried out, > > > (d) the activities that are permissible in the zone in which the activity is proposed to be carried out (as specified in the relevant management rules), > > > (e) any operational plan for the marine park adopted by the Marine Parks Authority pursuant to section 25 (4) of the [Marine Parks Act 1997](/view/html/repealed/current/act-1997-064) (before its repeal) that continues to have effect because of clause 5 of Schedule 2 to the [Marine Estate Management Act 2014](/view/html/inforce/current/act-2014-072), > > > (f) any management plan for the marine park or aquatic reserve, > > > (g) any threatened species or other protected flora or fauna under the [Fisheries Management Act 1994](/view/html/inforce/current/act-1994-038), the [National Parks and Wildlife Act 1974](/view/html/inforce/current/act-1974-080) or the [Threatened Species Conservation Act 1995](/view/html/repealed/current/act-1995-101) that may be affected by the proposed activity, > > > (h) the form of transport to be used to gain access to the zone in, on or from which the activity is proposed to be carried out, having regard to the adequacy of facilities for parking, mooring and landing vehicles, vessels and aircraft, and for loading and unloading them, > > > (i) the type of equipment to be used in connection with the proposed activity, > > > (j) the arrangements that have been made for the prevention, mitigation and making good of any damage to the marine park or aquatic reserve arising from the proposed activity, > > > (k) such other requirements as the relevant Ministers consider appropriate to the proposed activity.