PLANNING AND ENVIRONMENT ACT 1987 - SECT 54 More information
PLANNING AND ENVIRONMENT ACT 1987 - SECT 54
More information(1) A responsible authority may require the applicant to provide it or a referral authority with more information before it deals with the application.
S. 54(1A) inserted by No. 81/2004 s. 19.
(1A) A requirement under subsection (1) must be made by giving notice in writing setting out the information to be provided.
S. 54(1B) inserted by No. 81/2004 s. 19.
(1B) If a requirement is made under subsection (1) within the prescribed time, the notice must also state that the application will lapse on the lapse date specified in the notice if the required information is not given before that date.
Note
Section 54A allows an extension of time to be sought.
S. 54(1C) inserted by No. 81/2004 s. 19.
(1C) The lapse date must be a day not less than 30 days after the date of the notice.
S. 54(2) amended by No. 52/1998 s. 191(2)(d).
(2) If the responsible authority requires the applicant after the prescribed time to provide it with more information, that requirement does not affect the time after which an application for review may be made under section 79.
S. 54(3) inserted by No. 53/2012 s. 6.
(3) If an application for a permit is of a class that is exempted by a planning scheme from the requirements of this section, the responsible authority must not require the applicant to provide it or the referral authority with more information under this section before it deals with the application.
S. 54A inserted by No. 81/2004 s. 20.