Australian Capital Territory Consolidated Acts Australian Capital Territory Consolidated Acts(1) The Minister may give a written direction to the planning and land authority—
(a) about the general policies the authority must follow; or
(b) requiring the authority to revise the territory plan, or a provision of the plan, or review the plan.
(2) Before giving a direction the Minister must—
(a) tell the planning and land authority about the proposed direction; and
(b) give the authority a reasonable opportunity to comment on the proposed direction; and
(c) consider any comment made by the authority.
(3) The Minister must—
(a) present a copy of a direction to the Legislative Assembly not later than 6 sitting days after the day it is given to the planning and land authority; and
(b) if the copy would not be presented to the Legislative Assembly before the end of the period of 10 working days after the day the direction is given to the authority—give a copy to the members of the Assembly before the end of the 10-day period.
(4) If subsection (3) is not complied with, the direction is taken to have been revoked at the end of the period when the copy of the direction should have been presented or, if the copy should also have been given to members of the Legislative Assembly, when the copy of the direction should have been given to the members.
(5) A direction is a notifiable instrument.
Note A notifiable instrument must be notified under the Legislation Act.