Economic Development Act 2012
sec.51AAExisting amendment applications
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sec.51AA Existing amendment applications
This section applies if— before the cessation, an amendment application has been made, but not decided, for a PDA development approval for the former PDA land or former PDA-associated development; and on the cessation, all or part of the PDA development approval is taken, under section 50 (2) , to be a development approval under the Planning Act . The amendment application must continue to be decided under this Act as if— the cessation had not happened; and the PDA development approval were still a PDA development approval; and the amendment application were being decided immediately before the cessation. If a changed PDA development approval is given for the amendment application, the changed PDA development approval is, immediately after it takes effect under this Act, taken to be a development approval under the Planning Act . However, subsection (3) does not apply to the extent the changed PDA development approval involves a water connection aspect. For the effect of the cessation of a priority development area or PDA-associated development on the water connection aspect of a changed PDA development approval given under this section, see division 4A . s 51AA ins 2019 No. 11 s 39 (sec.51AA-ssec.1) This section applies if— before the cessation, an amendment application has been made, but not decided, for a PDA development approval for the former PDA land or former PDA-associated development; and on the cessation, all or part of the PDA development approval is taken, under section 50 (2) , to be a development approval under the Planning Act . (sec.51AA-ssec.2) The amendment application must continue to be decided under this Act as if— the cessation had not happened; and the PDA development approval were still a PDA development approval; and the amendment application were being decided immediately before the cessation. (sec.51AA-ssec.3) If a changed PDA development approval is given for the amendment application, the changed PDA development approval is, immediately after it takes effect under this Act, taken to be a development approval under the Planning Act . (sec.51AA-ssec.4) However, subsection (3) does not apply to the extent the changed PDA development approval involves a water connection aspect. For the effect of the cessation of a priority development area or PDA-associated development on the water connection aspect of a changed PDA development approval given under this section, see division 4A .
- (a) before the cessation, an amendment application has been made, but not decided, for a PDA development approval for the former PDA land or former PDA-associated development; and
- (b) on the cessation, all or part of the PDA development approval is taken, under section 50 (2) , to be a development approval under the Planning Act .
- (a) the cessation had not happened; and