sec.220Criteria for deciding application

### sec.220 Criteria for deciding application In deciding whether to grant or refuse the application or what should be the conditions of the riverine protection permit, the chief executive must consider all of the following— the effects of the proposed activity on water quality; the quantity of vegetation to be destroyed or material to be excavated or placed; the type of vegetation to be destroyed or material to be excavated or placed; the seasonal factors influencing the watercourse, lake or spring from time to time; the position in the watercourse, lake or spring of the vegetation to be destroyed or the proposed excavation or placing of fill; the reasons given by the applicant for wishing to carry out the activity; whether, and to what extent, the activity that the permit would allow may have an adverse effect on the physical integrity of the watercourse, lake or spring; the implications of granting the permit for the long-term sustainable use of the river systems of Australia, and especially the cumulative effect of granting the application and likely similar applications; any other matters the chief executive considers to be relevant. s 220 amd 2003 No. 25 s 79 sub 2014 No. 64 ss 67 (1) , 68 ; 2018 No. 7 s 52 - (a) the effects of the proposed activity on water quality; - (b) the quantity of vegetation to be destroyed or material to be excavated or placed; - (c) the type of vegetation to be destroyed or material to be excavated or placed; - (d) the seasonal factors influencing the watercourse, lake or spring from time to time; - (e) the position in the watercourse, lake or spring of the vegetation to be destroyed or the proposed excavation or placing of fill; - (f) the reasons given by the applicant for wishing to carry out the activity; - (g) whether, and to what extent, the activity that the permit would allow may have an adverse effect on the physical integrity of the watercourse, lake or spring; - (h) the implications of granting the permit for the long-term sustainable use of the river systems of Australia, and especially the cumulative effect of granting the application and likely similar applications; - (i) any other matters the chief executive considers to be relevant.