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PLANNING AND ENVIRONMENT COURT ACT 2016 - As at 30 May 2019 - Act 26 of 2016

- As at 30 May 2019 - Act 26 of 2016

Table of Provisions

PART 1 - PRELIMINARY

  • 1 Short title
  • 2 Commencement
  • 3 Dictionary

PART 2 - ESTABLISHMENT AND JURISDICTION

Division 1 - Establishment

  • 4 Continuation
  • 5 Constituting P&E Court
  • 6 Chief Judge has overall responsibility for P&E Court

Division 2 - General jurisdiction

  • 7 Jurisdiction
  • 8 District Court jurisdiction unimpaired
  • 9 When P&E Court must remit to tribunal
  • 10 Principles for exercising jurisdiction

Division 3 - Declaratory jurisdiction

  • 11 General declaratory jurisdiction
  • 12 Declaratory jurisdiction for Minister’s call in of development application

PART 3 - RULES AND ORDERS OR DIRECTIONS

  • 13 Rules
  • 14 Orders and directions

PART 4 - POWERS AND PROCEDURE (GENERAL)

Division 1 - Alternative dispute resolution

Subdivision 1 - ADR process
  • 15 Purpose of subdivision
  • 16 ADR process
  • 17 Referral to ADR process
  • 18 Resolution agreement
  • 19 Documents to be filed
  • 20 Orders giving effect to resolution agreement
  • 21 Preservation of confidentiality
  • Subdivision 2 - P&E Court proceedings
  • 22 ADR registrar’s powers on Chief Judge’s direction
  • 23 ADR registrar’s powers to hear and decide
  • 24 Conduct of proceedings
  • 25 Reference to P&E Court by ADR registrar
  • 26 Review by P&E Court
  • Subdivision 3 - ADR registrar’s powers
  • 27 ADR registrar’s powers—general
  • 28 Provision for exercise of ADR registrar’s powers

Division 2 - Powers

  • 29 Where P&E Court may sit
  • 30 Adjournments
  • 31 Subpoenas
  • 32 P&E Court may extend period to take an action
  • 33 Taking and recording evidence
  • 34 Power to state case for Court of Appeal
  • 35 Terms of orders etc.
  • 36 Contempt
  • 37 Discretion to deal with noncompliance
  • 38 What happens if P&E Court judge or ADR registrar dies or is incapacitated

Division 3 - Parties

  • 39 Planning Minister
  • 40 Appearance
  • 41 Representative proceedings in particular cases

Division 4 - Miscellaneous

  • 42 P&E Court proceedings open to public
  • 43 Nature of appeal in general
  • 44 Privileges, protection and immunity

PART 5 - PLANNING ACT PROCEEDINGS

Note—

Division 1 - Planning Act appeals

  • 45 Who must prove case
  • 46 Nature of appeal
  • 47 Appeal decision

Division 2 - Evidence in P&E Court proceedings

  • 48 Application of division
  • 49 Appointments and authority
  • 50 Signatures
  • 51 Instruments, equipment and installations
  • 52 Analyst’s certificate or report
  • 53 Evidence of planning instruments or designations
  • 54 Planning instruments presumed to be within power
  • 55 Evidence of local planning instruments
  • 56 Effect of planning and development certificates
  • 57 Evidentiary aids generally

PART 6 - COSTS

  • 58 Definitions for part
  • 59 General costs provision
  • 60 Orders for costs
  • 61 Orders for costs for particular proceedings
  • 62 Procedures, scale and enforcement of orders for costs

PART 7 - APPEALS TO COURT OF APPEAL

  • 63 Who may appeal
  • 64 When leave to appeal must be sought and appeal made
  • 65 Court of Appeal’s powers

PART 8 - REGISTRY AND OFFICERS

  • 66 Registrars and other officers
  • 67 ADR registrar
  • 68 Registries
  • 69 P&E Court records

PART 9 - MISCELLANEOUS

  • 70 Annual report
  • 71 Judicial notice
  • 72 Approval of forms
  • 73 Regulation-making power

PART 10 - SAVINGS AND TRANSITIONAL PROVISIONS

Division 1 - Savings and transitional provisions for Act No. 26 of 2016

Note—
  • 74 Definitions for division
  • 75 Continuance of existing judgeships
  • 76 Proceedings
  • 77 Continuance of existing orders and directions
  • 78 Existing references to court

Division 2 - Transitional provisions for Economic Development and Other Legislation Amendment Act 2019

  • 79 Application of division
  • 80 Definition for division
  • 81 Applying s 37 and pt 6 to proceedings
  • 82 Appeals about particular applications under repealed SPA

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