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sec.21Assessing development application for concurrence ERA
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### sec.21 Assessing development application for concurrence ERA
Subsection (2) applies if a local government is the assessment manager for a development application for a material change of use for a concurrence ERA.
Each of the following matters is an assessment benchmark for the Planning Act for the material change of use—
an environmental objective assessment against the environmental objectives and performance outcomes stated in schedule 8 , part 3 , division 2 ;
the standard criteria;
if the concurrence ERA is to be carried out in a strategic environmental area—the impacts of the activity on the environmental attributes for the area under the Regional Planning Interests Act 2014 .
Subsection (4) applies if a local government is a referral agency for a development application for a material change of use for a concurrence ERA.
For the Planning Act , the local government must assess the development application against the matters stated in subsection (2) (a) to (c) .
s 21 prev s 21 om 2019 SL No. 234 s 6
pres s 21 (prev s 19) renum 2019 SL No. 234 s 5
(sec.21-ssec.1) Subsection (2) applies if a local government is the assessment manager for a development application for a material change of use for a concurrence ERA.
(sec.21-ssec.2) Each of the following matters is an assessment benchmark for the Planning Act for the material change of use— an environmental objective assessment against the environmental objectives and performance outcomes stated in schedule 8 , part 3 , division 2 ; the standard criteria; if the concurrence ERA is to be carried out in a strategic environmental area—the impacts of the activity on the environmental attributes for the area under the Regional Planning Interests Act 2014 .
(sec.21-ssec.3) Subsection (4) applies if a local government is a referral agency for a development application for a material change of use for a concurrence ERA.
(sec.21-ssec.4) For the Planning Act , the local government must assess the development application against the matters stated in subsection (2) (a) to (c) .
- (a) an environmental objective assessment against the environmental objectives and performance outcomes stated in schedule 8 , part 3 , division 2 ;
- (b) the standard criteria;
- (c) if the concurrence ERA is to be carried out in a strategic environmental area—the impacts of the activity on the environmental attributes for the area under the Regional Planning Interests Act 2014 .