State Development and Public Works Organisation Act 1971

This section applies if the Minister has given the persons mentioned in section 58I(2)(a) to (d) a proposal to decide under that section for the relevant planning application.

A person mentioned in section 58I(2)(a), (b), (c) or (d) may, within the period stated in the proposal to decide, make submissions to the Minister about the Minister’s proposal to assess and decide the relevant planning application.

The Minister must—

consider each submission made under subsection (2); and

decide whether the Minister will assess and decide the relevant planning application; and

give notice of the decision mentioned in paragraph (b) and the reasons for the decision to—

the persons mentioned in section 58I(2)(a) to (d); and

if there are proceedings relating to the application in the Planning and Environment Court—the Planning and Environment Court.

For subsection (3)(b), the Minister may decide to assess and decide the relevant planning application only if satisfied it is necessary and appropriate for the Minister to do so to achieve the main purposes of this part.