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Fast-track Approvals Act 2024

Fast-track approvals process - Panel consideration of substantive application - Role of appropriate Minister in relation to concessions, land exchanges, and access arrangements

74: Appropriate Minister may call in decision

You could also call this:

“Minister can take over important land decisions before a panel decides”

You need to know about a special power that a Minister has in the Fast-track Approvals Act 2024. This power is called “calling in” a decision. Here’s what it means:

The Minister in charge of the land can take control of a decision before a panel makes it. This can happen for three types of approvals: concessions, land exchanges, and access arrangements. The Minister can do this at any time before the panel decides.

For concessions, the Minister follows the rules in clause 6 of Schedule 6. For land exchanges, they follow clause 28 of Schedule 6. For access arrangements, they use clause 6 of Schedule 11.

This power lets the Minister step in and make the decision themselves instead of letting the panel do it. It’s a way for the Minister to have the final say on important matters about the land they’re responsible for.

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Part 2 Fast-track approvals process
Panel consideration of substantive application: Role of appropriate Minister in relation to concessions, land exchanges, and access arrangements

74Appropriate Minister may call in decision

  1. At any time before a panel makes a decision under section 81 on an approval referred to in section 73, the appropriate Minister for the land to which the approval relates may call in the decision.

  2. The appropriate Minister may call in—

  3. a decision on an approval described in section 42(4)(e) (concession) in accordance with clause 6 of Schedule 6:
    1. a decision on an approval described in section 42(4)(f) (land exchange) in accordance with clause 28 of Schedule 6:
      1. a decision on an approval described in section 42(4)(l) or (m) (access arrangement) in accordance with clause 6 of Schedule 11.