(1) The NT EPA must consider the following before making a decision under regulation 204 or 2020_6013.html#_Ref21964663">205 on a significant variation:
(a) the notice of significant variation;
(b) any additional information given to the NT EPA under regulation 194 ;
(c) any submissions received under regulation 201 or 2020_6013.html#_Ref21964886">202 ;
(d) the matters mentioned in subregulation (2).
(2) In assessing a significant variation to determine whether or not the variation requires a new environmental impact assessment, the NT EPA must consider the following:
(a) whether the potential for a significant impact on the environment of the significant variation differs in a material way from the impacts already identified in the assessment process for the proposed action or strategic proposal;
(b) whether, and the extent to which, the significant variation will result in a substantial change to the type or amount of any output of the proposed action or strategic proposal in a way that significantly changes the potential significant impacts from those already identified in the assessment process for the proposed action or strategic proposal;
(c) whether the objects of the Act and the purpose of the environmental impact assessment process set out in section 42 of the Act would be undermined if the matters raised in the significant variation were not assessed.