Australian Capital Territory Numbered Acts Australian Capital Territory Numbered Acts230. (1) The Minister may approve or refuse to approve an application to conduct a controlled activity.
(2) The Minister shall not give an approval in terms inconsistent with the lease of the land to which the application relates.
(3) The Minister shall not approve an application without first obtaining the concurrence of each concurring authority in respect of the controlled activity to which the application relates.
(4) If the Minister fails to make a decision on an application before the expiration of the prescribed period, the Minister is to be taken to have refused to approve the application.
(5) Notwithstanding subsection (4), the Minister may approve an application at any time during the period commencing on the expiration of the prescribed period and ending on the expiration of the last day on which application may be made to the Tribunal for a review of a decision to refuse to approve the application.
(6) Subsection (2) does not apply in relation to an approval to conduct a controlled activity specified in item 2 or 3 of Schedule 4.