Victorian Consolidated Legislation

Planning and Environment Act 1987 - SECT 13

Responsible authority

13. Responsible authority

The person who is the responsible authority for the administration or
enforcement of a planning scheme or a provision of a planning scheme under
this Act is-

   (a)  the municipal council if the planning scheme applies to land which is
        wholly or partly in its municipal district unless the planning scheme
        specifies any other person as the responsible authority; or

   (b)  the Minister, if the planning scheme applies only to land outside a
        municipal district, unless the planning scheme specifies any other
        person as the responsible authority; or

   (c)  any person whom the planning scheme specifies as a responsible
        authority for that purpose.