Queensland Consolidated Acts Queensland Consolidated Acts(1) This section applies despite an assessment level decision by the administering authority.
(2) The EPA Minister may, at any time before the application is decided under this division, make the assessment level decision.
(3) If the Minister's decision is that the level of environmental harm is likely to be significantly increased, the Minister must also decide whether an EIS is required for the proposed amendment.
(4) If the Minister decides an EIS is not required, the Minister must decide at what stage, or step within a stage, under the provisions applied under section 251, the processing of the application must start or resume.
(5) However, the stage or step must not be after the giving of the draft environmental authority for the amendment application.
(6) The deciding of the application must start or resume at the stage or step decided by the Minister.
(7) The Minister must, in making a decision under this section, consider any relevant regulatory requirement, the standard criteria and whether section 247A applies.