PLANNING AND ENVIRONMENT ACT 1987 - SECT 6A Easements, restrictions etc.

PLANNING AND ENVIRONMENT ACT 1987 - SECT 6A

    (1)     In this section and in section 6(2)(g) "restriction" has the same meaning as in the Subdivision Act 1988 .

    (2)     Subject to subsection (3), a planning scheme may require a permit to be obtained before a person proceeds under section 23, 24A or 36 of the Subdivision Act 1988 .

    (3)     A planning scheme must not—

        (a)     prohibit or restrict—

              (i)     the creation, variation or removal of easements or restrictions by agreement, prescription, abandonment, or otherwise by operation of law; or

              (ii)     the creation, variation or removal of easements or restrictions by or under an   Act other than the Subdivision Act 1988 ; or

              (iii)     a person from proceeding under the Subdivision Act 1988 in relation to the creation, variation or removal of an easement or restriction referred to in subparagraph (i) or (ii); or

        (b)     regulate or provide for—

S. 6A(3)(b)(i) amended by Nos 93/1995 s. 218(1)

(Sch. 2 item 7.1), 7/2017 s. 305(1).

              (i)     the variation or removal of a covenant under Part 7 of the Heritage Act 2017 or section 3A of the   Victorian Conservation Trust Act 1972 ; or

              (ii)     the variation or removal of an easement required to be created in favour of a public authority, Council, Minister or other person under an Act other than the Subdivision Act 1988 , without the consent of that person; or

        (c)     allow a person to proceed under section 23 of the Subdivision Act 1988 to create, vary or remove an easement or restriction over land that the person does not own.

    (4)     A provision included in a planning scheme under section 6(2)(ga) is in addition to section 362A of the Land Act 1958 , and a person may choose whether to proceed under that section or the provision of the planning scheme.

S. 6B inserted by No. 12/2021 s. 4.