VICTORIAN CIVIL AND ADMINISTRATIVE TRIBUNAL ACT 1998 - SECT 52 Limitation of courts' jurisdiction in planning matters

VICTORIAN CIVIL AND ADMINISTRATIVE TRIBUNAL ACT 1998 - SECT 52

    (1)     The Supreme Court, the County Court or the Magistrates' Court does not have jurisdiction to hear, or continue to hear, or determine any proceeding in which a person bringing the proceeding brings in issue the matter of the exercise of, or the failure to exercise, a power under a planning enactment if—

        (a)     the Tribunal has jurisdiction to review the matter of the exercise of, or the failure to exercise, that power; and

        (b)     the matter—

              (i)     has not been the subject of a proceeding in the Tribunal; or

              (ii)     if it has been the subject of a proceeding in the Tribunal, has not been determined by the Tribunal; or

              (iii)     if it has been determined by the Tribunal, the time for appeal against an order of the Tribunal in the proceeding has not expired; or

              (iv)     if an appeal has been brought against an order in the proceeding, the appeal has not been determined.

    (2)     If the Supreme Court, the County Court or the Magistrates' Court is of the opinion that there are special circumstances that justify the hearing by the Court of a proceeding to which subsection (1) applies, the court may direct that subsection (1) does not apply to that proceeding.

    (3)     If a court determines a proceeding to which subsection (1) applies but does not give a direction under subsection (2), nothing in this section invalidates the decision of the court.

    (4)     In this section—

S. 52(4) def. of planning enactment amended by Nos 12/2004 s. 167(1) (as amended by No. 39/2004 s. 276(1)), 69/2006 s. 224(Sch. 3 item 11.1), 6/2009 s. 57(1), 6/2010 s. 203(1)

(Sch. 6 item 49.1) (as amended by No 45/2010 s. 22), 28/2019 s. 53(1), 39/2018 s. 59(1).

"planning enactment" means—

        (a)     Catchment and Land Protection Act 1994 ;

        (b)     Environment Protection Act 2017 ;

        (c)     the provisions of the Mineral Resources (Sustainable Development) Act 1990 relating to extractive industries;

        (d)     section 36 of the Flora and Fauna Guarantee Act 1988 ;

        (e)     section 185 of the Local Government Act 1989 ;

        (f)     Planning and Environment Act 1987 (except sections 94(5) and 105);

        (fa)     section 57 of the Road Management Act 2004 ;

        (fb)     section 126 and Schedule 2 of the Road Management Act 2004 ;

        (fc)     section 132 of the Road Management Act 2004 and regulations made under that section;

        (g)     Subdivision Act 1988 (except Division 5 of Part 5 and section 39);

        (h)     section 56 of the Transport (Compliance and Miscellaneous) Act 1983 and regulations made under that section;

        (i)     Water Act 1989 (except section 19).

Subdivision 3—Matters of privilege and policy