156Determination of permit application

156 Determination of permit application

[Section 156 Amended by No. 56 of 2008, s. 73, Applied:11 Feb 2009] [Section 156 Amended by No. 49 of 2002, s. 29, Applied:01 Mar 2003] [Section 156 Substituted by No. 33 of 2015, s. 20, Applied:01 Jan 2016]

(1)  In this section –

previous Part 8 means Part 8 of this Act as in force before the commencement of the Water Management Amendment (Dam Works) Act 2015 .

(2)  In determining a permit application, the Minister is to –

(a) seek to further the objectives of this Act; and

(b) act consistently with –

(i) any relevant State policy; and

(ii) any relevant approval guidelines.

(3)  After considering a permit application, the Minister may –

(a) grant the permit application; or

(b) if the applicant agrees, grant the permit application subject to the amendments to the permit application that the Minister considers appropriate; or

(c) refuse to grant the permit application.

(4)  The Minister must grant a permit application if reasonably satisfied that the proposed dam works –

(a) are consistent with –

(i) the objectives of this Act; and

(ii) any relevant State policy; and

(iii) any relevant approval guidelines; and

(b) will not result in material environmental harm, serious environmental harm or environmental nuisance; and

(c) will not have a significant adverse impact on other persons who take water from a water resource affected by the proposed dam works; and