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INTEGRATED PLANNING AND OTHER LEGISLATION AMENDMENT BILL 2003

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                    Integrated Planning and Other Legislation
                              Amendment Bill 2003

  INTEGRATED PLANNING AND OTHER
  LEGISLATION AMENDMENT BILL 2003


                       EXPLANATORY NOTES

                                     FOR

  AMENDMENTS TO BE MOVED IN COMMITTEE BY
    THE HONOURABLE NITA CUNNINGHAM MP

Title of the Bill
  Integrated Planning and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2003




                     NOTES ON PROVISIONS

   Amendment No.1 amends clause 32 of the Bill (dealing with transitional
arrangements for existing infrastructure charges plans), by inserting a new
transitional provision enabling the additional infrastructure cost assessment
provisions in the Bill to apply in respect of Infrastructure Charges Plans
that were already in effect before the commencement of the Act.
   The amendment is necessary to carry forward existing arrangements for
recouping unforeseen infrastructure costs linked to infrastructure charges
plans into the revised infrastructure planning and charging framework
created under the Bill.
   Amendment No.2 amends clause 32 of the Bill (dealing with transitional
arrangements for existing infrastructure charges plans), by inserting a new
transitional provision enabling the additional infrastructure cost assessment
provisions in the Bill to apply in respect of Infrastructure Charges Plans
being prepared prior to, but coming into effect after the commencement of
the Act.
 
 
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                 Integrated Planning and Other Legislation
                           Amendment Bill 2003

   The amendment has the same effect as the amendment in clause 1, but
applies for infrastructure charges plans under preparation, but not yet in
effect before the commencement of the Act.
   Amendment No.3 amends clause 35 of the Bill (dealing with definitions
for infrastructure) by amending the definition of "establishment cost" for
infrastructure to more clearly define the range of infrastructure-related
costs that can be recovered through infrastructure charges levied on
development.
  In particular, the amendment clarifies the costs recoverable for existing
and future infrastructure respectively. The amendment is necessary to
ensure all local governments apply a consistent infrastructure charging
regime.
   Amendment No.4 amends clause 35 of the Bill (dealing with definitions
for infrastructure) by amending the definition of "priority infrastructure
area" to more clearly define the areas that must be included in a local
government's Priority Infrastructure Area. The amendment is necessary to
ensure all local governments adopt a consistent approach when identifying
priority infrastructure areas.
   Amendment No.5 amends clause 35 of the Bill (dealing with definitions
for infrastructure) to simplify the definition of "infrastructure charges
plan" by deleting references to other defined terms.
  Amendment No.6 amends clause 104 of the Bill (dealing with
development control plans under the repealed Act) by inserting a new
subsection to clarify that if a development control plan (DCP), prepared
under the repealed Local Government (Planning and Environment) Act
1990, is to be included without amendment in an IPA planning scheme, the
DCP is not required to be publicly notified with the proposed planning
scheme. Public notification of such a DCP may create the incorrect
impression that that the DCP's provisions had changed.



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