Land Use Planning and Approvals Act 1993
60URevocation of declaration
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60U Revocation of declaration
[Section 60U of Part 4 Inserted by No. 43 of 2009, s. 11, Applied:01 Jan 2010] [Section 60U Substituted by No. 21 of 2020, s. 12, Applied:28 Oct 2020]
(1) A proponent of a project may at any time, by notice in writing to the Minister, request the Minister to revoke the declaration of a major project in respect of all or part of the area of land to which the declaration relates.
(2) The Minister, by notice in the Gazette, may revoke a declaration of a major project in respect of all or part of an area of land, if permitted or required under subsection (3) or (5) to revoke the declaration.
(3) The Minister may revoke under subsection (2) a declaration of a major project in respect of all or part of an area of land –
(a) in accordance with a request under subsection (1) , if there is no major project permit in relation to the land; or
(b) if the proponent of the project has failed to comply with section 60ZS(1) , section 60ZV(6) or section 60ZX(1) ; or
(c) if the proponent of the project has provided to the Minister or the Panel information, in relation to the project, that is false or misleading in any material particular; or
(d) if the Minister is satisfied that the proponent does not intend the project to proceed in relation to the land or the part of the area of land and there is no major project permit in relation to the land or the part; or
(e) subject to subsection (4) , if the Panel has given the Minister a no reasonable prospect notice under section 60ZI(1) in relation to the project.
(4) If the Minister has received a no reasonable prospect notice under section 60ZI(1) in relation to a major project, the Minister must, before revoking under subsection (2) , on the grounds specified in , the declaration of a major project in relation to the major project, consider any submission, and any comments, in relation to the major project, that are given to the Minister under .