5Advertisement of exhibition of draft amendment, &c.

5 Advertisement of exhibition of draft amendment, &c.

(1)  In this regulation –

draft amendment means a draft amendment of a planning scheme under section 38(1), or an altered draft amendment under section 41B(1)(b), of the former Act.

(2)  The exhibition of a draft amendment is to be advertised on at least 2 separate occasions, in a daily newspaper circulating generally in the area covered by the draft amendment, with at least one of those occasions being on a Saturday.

(3)  An advertisement under subregulation (2) is to –

(a) specify where and when copies of the draft amendment may be inspected; and

(b) describe the content of the draft amendment and the location of the affected area; and

(c) specify that representations in relation to the draft amendment may be submitted in accordance with section 39(1) of the former Act; and

(d) explain how those representations may be made.

(4)  An advertisement under subregulation (2) may include any other details determined by the planning authority.

(5)  In addition to advertising a draft amendment under subregulation (2) , if the draft amendment only relates to an individual parcel of land, the planning authority is to give notice of the exhibition of the draft amendment to –

(a) the owner of that parcel of land; and

(b) the owners and occupiers of land sharing a common boundary with that parcel of land.