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SWAN AND CANNING RIVERS MANAGEMENT ACT 2006 (NO. 51 OF 2006) - SECT 80

80 .         Minister’s decision

        (1)         Subject to this Part, the Minister may, for the purposes of section 70 —

            (a)         approve the development;

            (b)         approve the development in a modified form;

            (c)         give approval in terms of paragraph (a) or (b) but subject to any conditions or restrictions; or

            (d)         refuse to give approval.

        (2)         Nothing in this Part authorises the Minister to approve a development in a manner that is inconsistent with — 

            (a)         a strategic document;

            (b)         an approved environmental protection policy under the Environmental Protection Act 1986 Part III;

            (c)         any condition or procedure required to be complied with under Part IV of that Act; or

            (d)         if a development is proposed to be carried out in the Swan Valley, any recommendation of the Swan Valley Planning Committee in relation to that development, unless — 

                  (i)         the approval is given with the concurrence of the Minister for Planning; or

                  (ii)         if the Minister and the Minister for Planning do not agree, the approval is agreed to by the Governor.

        (3)         The Minister may limit the time for which an approval remains in force.

        (4)         Without limiting subsection (1)(c), the Minister may, as a condition of an approval of a development, require an applicant to pay a reasonable sum for or towards the cost of any study of, or protective or remedial work in respect of, land or waters in the development control area that is occasioned by that development.

        (5)         The Minister or, in the case of a decision by the Trust, the Trust must cause notice in writing of the decision to be —

            (a)         given to —

                  (i)         the applicant;

                  (ii)         each local government and other public authority to which notice was given under section 73(1);

                  (iii)         where notice was given to the Swan Valley Planning Committee, to that Committee; and

                  (iv)         each person who made a submission under section 75;

                and

            (b)         published on the Trust website.



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