Historic Cultural Heritage Act 1995
34Legal status of heritage works if no minor works approval
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34 Legal status of heritage works if no minor works approval
[Section 34 Subsection (3) omitted by No. 54 of 1999, s. 5, Applied:27 Oct 1999] [Section 34 Substituted by No. 70 of 2013, s. 22, Applied:01 Mar 2014]
(1) [Section 34 Subsection (1) amended by No. 25 of 2024, s. 11, Applied:01 Jan 2025] This section applies to heritage works for which a minor works approval has not been issued.
(2) For all purposes –
(a) the heritage works are taken to be a development under the Planning Act; and
(b) the relevant planning scheme or relevant special planning order, if it does not do so, is taken to require a permit for that development; and
(c) the relevant planning scheme or relevant special planning order, if it does not do so, is taken to specify that development as being of a kind which a planning authority has a discretion to refuse or permit.