Queensland Consolidated Acts

STATE DEVELOPMENT AND PUBLIC WORKS ORGANISATION ACT 1971 - SECT 27

27 Matters Coordinator-General considers before making declaration

(1) In considering whether to declare a project to be a coordinated project, the Coordinator-General must have regard, and may give the weight the Coordinator-General considers appropriate, to the following—

(a) detailed information about the project given by the proponent in an initial advice statement;

(b) relevant planning schemes or policy frameworks of a local government, the State or the Commonwealth;

(c) relevant State policies and Government priorities;

(d) a pre-feasibility assessment of the project, including how it satisfies an identified need or demand;

(e) the capacity of the proponent to undertake and complete the EIS or IAR for the project;

(f) any other matter the Coordinator-General considers relevant.

(2) However, the Coordinator-General need not consider an application for a declaration under section 26 (1) unless the Coordinator-General is satisfied that—

(a) section 27AB has been complied with for the project; and

(b) the project has at least 1 of the following—

(i) complex approval requirements imposed by a local government, the State or the Commonwealth;

(ii) strategic significance to a locality, region or the State, including for the infrastructure, economic and social benefits, capital investment or employment opportunities it may provide;

(iii) significant environmental effects;

(iv) significant infrastructure requirements.