21Directions to amend planning scheme where land ceases to be housing supply land

21 Directions to amend planning scheme where land ceases to be housing supply land

(1)  If an area of land –

(a) has, by virtue of an order under section 14 , ceased to be housing supply land; and

(b) was not used or developed for residential purposes after it became housing supply land –

the Minister may direct the Commission to amend the applicable planning scheme in relation to the area of land.

(2)  If the Commission is given a direction under subsection (1) in relation to an area of land, the Commission, within 14 days or a longer period allowed by the Minister, must amend the applicable planning scheme so that, as far as practicable –

(a) the area of land –

(i) is assigned, under the planning scheme, the same zone that was assigned to it before the land became housing supply land; or

(ii) if the zone that was assigned to the area of land (the previous zone) before the area of land became housing supply land is not a zone in the applicable planning scheme – is assigned the zone, in the applicable planning scheme, with the characteristics that most closely resemble the characteristics of the previous zone; and

(b) a specific area plan, or a site-specific qualification, in relation to the area of land, that was inserted in the planning scheme in accordance with a direction under this Act, is revoked.