Queensland Consolidated Acts

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION ACT 1994 - SECT 176

176 Criteria for decision—variation or site-specific application

(1) This section applies for a variation or site-specific application.

(2) In deciding the application, the administering authority must—

(a) comply with any relevant regulatory requirement; and

(b) subject to paragraph (a) , have regard to each of the following—

(i) the application;

(ii) any standard conditions for the relevant activity or authority;

(iii) any response given for an information request;

(iv) the standard criteria.

(3) Despite subsection (2) (b) , if the application is a variation application, the matters mentioned in subsection (2) (b) may only be considered to the extent they relate to the subject of the condition to be changed.