(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.