PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT ACT 2005 - SECT 62

PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT ACT 2005 - SECT 62

62 .         Minister may approve or decline to approve minor amendment

        (1A)         After complying with any applicable requirements of Division 2 in relation to a proposed minor region planning scheme amendment, the Commission must, unless the proposed amendment has been withdrawn under section 62A, submit to the Minister —

            (a)         the proposed amendment; and

            (b)         a report and recommendation on the proposed amendment.

        (1)         The Minister may, if a proposed minor region planning scheme amendment is submitted under this section —

            (a)         approve the amendment; or

            (b)         require the Commission to modify the amendment in such manner as the Minister specifies before the amendment is resubmitted for the Minister’s approval under this subsection; or

            (c)         refuse to approve the amendment.

        (2)         When the Minister has approved a proposed amendment under subsection (1) the Commission is to cause —

            (a)         that amendment, excluding any maps, plans or diagrams forming part of that amendment, to be published in the Gazette ; and

            (b)         any maps, plans or diagrams forming part of that amendment to be open for inspection at such times and places as the Commission determines.

        (3)         The amendment has effect on publication under subsection (2) as if it were enacted by this Act.

        [Section 62 amended: No. 26 of 2020 s. 42; No. 34 of 2023 s. 75.]

        [Heading inserted: No. 26 of 2020 s. 43.]