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Fast-track Approvals Bill

Fast-track approval approvals process for eligible projects - Process for panel consideration of substantive application - Panel decisions

24WD: When panel must or may decline approvals

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“When a panel has to or might say no to approvals”

You must know about when a panel has to say no to approvals or when they might say no. There are different rules for different types of approvals.

The panel must say no if the approval is for something that’s not allowed. They also have to say no for certain types of approvals if specific rules say they must.

The panel might say no if they think the activities would cause bad effects. They look at whether these bad effects are big enough to go against what the law is trying to do, even after they’ve thought about any rules they could set to help.

When the panel is thinking about saying no, they look at all the things that might make the approval a bad idea. These are called ‘adverse impacts’.

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Part 2 Fast-track approval approvals process for eligible projects
Process for panel consideration of substantive application: Panel decisions

24WDWhen panel must or may decline approvals

  1. The panel must decline an approval if—

  2. the approval is for an ineligible activity; or
    1. in the case of an approval described in section 24C(3)(aa) (certificate of compliance), the approval must be declined under clause 18A(2) or (3) of Schedule 4 ; or
      1. in the case of an approval described in section 24C(3)(d) (land exchange), the approval must be declined under clause 17D(2) or (4) of Schedule 5 .

        1. A panel may decline an approval if, in complying with section 24W(2) , the panel forms the view that—

        2. the activity or activities for which the approval is sought would have 1 or more adverse impacts; and
          1. those adverse impacts are sufficiently significant to outweigh the purpose of this Act even after any conditions that the panel may set in relation to those impacts are taken into account.

            1. In subsection (2) ,adverse impact means any matter considered by the panel under section 24W(3) that weighs against granting the approval.