Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2008C00459:clause:1_37b
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2008C00459
Segment Type: clause
Provision Reference: sch 1 cl 37B
Character Range: 46696–47566

37B  General considerations

 (1) In deciding whether to make a declaration under section 37A, the Minister must consider the following, so far as they are not inconsistent with any other requirements of this Subdivision:
 (a) matters relevant to any matter protected by a provision of Part 3 that the Minister considers is relevant to the action or class of actions to which the declaration relates;
 (b) economic and social matters.

 (2) In considering those matters, the Minister must take into account the principles of ecologically sustainable development.

 (3) The Minister must not make a declaration under section 37A in relation to an action or class of actions and a provision of Part 3 if the Minister considers that the action, or an action in the class, if taken, would have unacceptable or unsustainable impacts on a matter protected by the provision.