Queensland Consolidated Acts Queensland Consolidated Acts(1) This section applies after the Minister is given an assessment report.
(2) Before making a decision about an approval application, the Minister must consider the following—
(a) the assessment report;
(b) the approval application or approval applications dealt with in the report;
(c) further documents given to the chief executive by the approval applicant in support of the application or an amendment of the application;
(d) submissions given to the chief executive under section 15(1) and, to the extent applicable, any other approval applications and any mediated agreement as mentioned in section 17(1), relating to the application code;
(e) conditions the Minister believes should apply if the application is approved.
(3) The Minister must not grant the application unless the Minister is satisfied—
(a) the approval application is accompanied by, and includes, all matters mentioned in section 11 and otherwise complies with that section; and
(b) the approval applicant has provided evidence satisfactory to the Minister about the matters mentioned in section 12; and
(c) either of the following—
(a) if the approval application relates to an existing code of racing, the approval applicant is suitable to be approved as the control body for the existing code of racing;
(b) if the approval application relates to a proposed code of racing, the proposed code of racing is suitable to be a code of racing and the approval applicant is suitable to be approved as the control body for the proposed code of racing.
(4) Without limiting subsection (3), if the Minister is considering more than 1 approval application, the Minister must decide which approval applicant is best qualified and most suitable to be the control body for the application code.