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Land Use Planning and Approvals Act 1993
60TCRequest for declaration of a major project to be amended to include additional area of land
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### 60TC Request for declaration of a major project to be amended to include additional area of land
> [*\[Section 60TC Inserted by No. 33 of 2022, s. 14, Applied:17 May 2023\]*](/view/html/inforce/2023-05-17/act-2022-033#GS14@EN)
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> > (1) A proponent of a major project may, in writing, request the relevant advice body in relation to the major project to advise the Minister that it is appropriate to amend a declaration of a major project so that the declaration also relates to an additional area of land (the ***additional area of land***).
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> > (2) A proponent of a major project may make a request under [subsection (1)](#GS60TC@Gs1@EN) in relation to an additional area of land, whether or not the additional area of land adjoins the area of land to which a declaration of a major project relates.
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> > (3) A request under [subsection (1)](#GS60TC@Gs1@EN) , from a proponent of a major project, in relation to an additional area of land –
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> > > > (a) is to include a map, or description, indicating the location of the additional area of land; and
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> > > > (b) is to specify the reasons why the proponent is seeking the amendment; and
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> > > > (c) is to include a description of the uses or developments that the proponent proposes are to occur on the additional area of land (including any such use or development that may only occur if a major project permit is amended); and
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> > > > (d) is to include a plan indicating generally the areas, on the additional area of land, on which proposed uses or developments in relation to the major project are proposed to occur; and
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> > > > (e) is to specify which of the following circumstances referred to in [section 60TB](#GS60TB@EN) apply in relation to the additional area of land:
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> > > > > > (i) the pre-assessment criteria circumstances;
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> > > > > > (ii) the pre-MPIS circumstances;
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> > > > > > (iii) the post-MPIS circumstances;
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> > > > > > (iv) the post-exhibition circumstances;
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> > > > > > (v) the permit amendment circumstances; and
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> > > > (f) if the proponent specifies, for the purposes of [paragraph (e)](#GS60TC@Gs3@Hpe@EN) , the permit amendment circumstances – is to include a copy of the proposed application under [section 60ZZW(1)](#GS60ZZW@Gs1@EN) , or [section 60ZZZ](#GS60ZZZ@EN) , for the purposes of which the proponent requires the declaration of a major project to be amended so that the declaration also relates to an additional area of land; and
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> > > > (g) is to include any other information that the relevant advice body requests.
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> > (4) A relevant advice body that has received under [subsection (1)](#GS60TC@Gs1@EN) a request from a proponent may, by notice to the proponent, request the proponent to provide to the relevant advice body information, or a document, specified in the notice, that the relevant advice body reasonably requires in order to determine the request.
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> > (5) The period specified in [section 60TF(1)](#GS60TF@Gs1@EN) does not run during the period between the day on which a relevant advice body has given to a proponent a notice under [subsection (4)](#GS60TC@Gs4@EN) and the day on which the relevant advice body receives from the proponent the information, or the document, specified in the notice.
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> > (6) A period specified in a provision in this Division (other than a provision in [Subdivision 6](#HP4@HD2A@Hd6@EN) or this Subdivision) does not run during the period between the day on which a request is made under [subsection (1)](#GS60TC@Gs1@EN) and whichever is the earlier of the following days:
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> > > > (a) the day on which the relevant advice body, in accordance with [section 60TF(1)](#GS60TF@Gs1@EN) , notifies the proponent that the relevant advice body refuses to give advice to the Minister under that section;
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> > > > (b) the day on which the Minister, under [section 60TG(1)](#GS60TG@Gs1@EN) –
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> > > > > > (i) amends the declaration of a major project; or
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> > > > > > (ii) notifies the relevant advice body and the proponent that the Minister refuses to amend the declaration of a major project.