60TCRequest for declaration of a major project to be amended to include additional area of land

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]

(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).

(2)  A proponent of a major project may make a request under subsection (1) 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.

(3)  A request under subsection (1) , from a proponent of a major project, in relation to an additional area of land –

(a) is to include a map, or description, indicating the location of the additional area of land; and

(b) is to specify the reasons why the proponent is seeking the amendment; and

(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

(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

(e) is to specify which of the following circumstances referred to in section 60TB apply in relation to the additional area of land:

(i) the pre-assessment criteria circumstances;

(ii) the pre-MPIS circumstances;

(iii) the post-MPIS circumstances;

(iv) the post-exhibition circumstances;

(v) the permit amendment circumstances; and

(f) if the proponent specifies, for the purposes of , the permit amendment circumstances – is to include a copy of the proposed application under , or , 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