180Amendment of planning schemes

180 Amendment of planning schemes (1) The Minister administering the **Planning and Environment Act 1987** must prepare and approve an amendment to any planning scheme applying to an area that has been declared to be a World Heritage Environs Area— (a) to identify that area as a World Heritage Environs Area; and (b) to give effect to the Approved World Heritage Strategy Plan for that area. (2) An amendment under subsection (1) must be prepared as soon as practicable after the approval of the World Heritage Strategy Plan for the World Heritage Environs Area. (3) An amendment under subsection (1) may also make any consequential amendments to the planning scheme that are necessary to remove or modify any provisions which are inconsistent with the Approved World Heritage Strategy Plan. S. 180(4) amended by No. 43/2025 s. 76. (4) The **Planning and Environment Act 1987** (except sections 12(1)(a) and (e), 12(2), 12(2A), 12(3), Divisions 1 and 2 of Part 3 and sections 39(1), 39(2), 39(3), 39(4) and 39(5) and any regulations made for the purposes of those provisions) applies to the preparation and approval of amendments under subsection (1). (5) The Minister administering the **Planning and Environment Act 1987** must not approve an amendment to a planning scheme applying to an area that has been declared to be a World Heritage Environs Area if the amendment is inconsistent with the Approved World Heritage Strategy Plan for that area. Division 3—World Heritage Management Plans