Australian Capital Territory Consolidated Acts Australian Capital Territory Consolidated Acts(1) This section applies if the authority tells the Minister under section 61 that the authority is preparing a draft plan variation.
(2) The Minister may direct the planning and land authority to do 1 or both of the following:
(a) to prepare a planning report or strategic environmental assessment in relation to the draft plan variation that the authority is preparing;
(b) to tell the Minister when the draft plan variation being prepared is ready to be notified under section 63.
Note 1 The planning and land authority must comply with a direction given by the Minister (see s 13).
Note 2 Requirements for planning reports and strategic environmental assessments are dealt with in pt 5.6.
(3) To remove any doubt, the validity of a corresponding plan variation for a draft plan variation is not affected by a failure to comply with subsection (2) (b) in relation to the draft plan variation.