Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999

The Minister must consider the following, so far as they are not inconsistent with any other requirements of this Subdivision:

matters relevant to any matter protected by a provision of Part 3 that the Minister considers is relevant to the approval;

economic and social matters.

In considering those matters, the Minister must take into account:

the principles of ecologically sustainable development; and

any bioregional plan, and any bioregional guidance plan, that the Minister considers relevant; and

any relevant advice obtained by the Minister from the Independent Expert Scientific Committee on Unconventional Gas Development and Large Coal Mining Development in accordance with section 146CA.