Queensland Consolidated Acts

COASTAL PROTECTION AND MANAGEMENT ACT 1995 - SECT 83A

(1) The chief executive must decide an application to renew an allocation notice made under section 83 within 30 days after receiving—

(a) if further information or documents are requested under section 83(3)—the further information or documents; or

(b) otherwise—the application.

(2) The chief executive must decide to—

(a) approve the renewal as applied for, with or without conditions; or

(b) approve the renewal, as varied by the chief executive, with or without conditions; or

(c) refuse to grant the application.

(3) In making a decision under subsection (2), the chief executive must consider—

(a) the impact the renewal may have on coastal management; and

(b) the matters mentioned in section 75.

(4) Within 30 business days after deciding the application, the chief executive must give the applicant—

(a) a written notice stating—

(i) the decision; and

(ii) if the chief executive approves the renewal as varied or with conditions, or refuses to grant the application—the reasons for the decision; and

(b) if the renewal is approved—a new allocation notice in accordance with the approval.

(5) This division applies, with all necessary changes, to the application as if it were an application for an allocation.

(6) In this section—

coastal management does not include coastal management in relation to Aboriginal cultural heritage or Torres Strait Islander cultural heritage.