Major Infrastructure Development Approvals Act 1999
18AASuspension of operation of combined planning authority
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18AA Suspension of operation of combined planning authority
[Section 18AA Inserted by No. 28 of 2003, s. 5, Applied:04 Jun 2003]
(1) In this section,
relevant day means the day specified in an order made under subsection (2) on which a combined planning authority is dissolved or the day specified in an order made under subsection (3) on which the operation of a combined planning authority is suspended, as the case may be.
(2) The Governor may make an order which dissolves a combined planning authority.
(3) The Governor may make an order which suspends the operation of a combined planning authority or which revokes the operation of such an order.
(4) If the Governor makes an order under subsection (3) which suspends the operation of a combined planning authority, the membership of the combined planning authority lapses and, on and from the relevant day and until the order is revoked –
(a) the operation of the combined planning authority is suspended, and the combined planning authority has no responsibilities, obligations or powers under this Act or any other law; and
(b) a specified planning authority which was represented on the combined planning authority has no obligation to maintain its membership of the combined planning authority.
(5) If the Governor makes an order under subsection (2) which dissolves a combined planning authority or an order under subsection (3) which suspends the operation of a combined planning authority –
(a) any assets of the combined planning authority owned by the combined planning authority immediately before the relevant day vest in the Crown on the same terms and conditions as they were vested in the combined planning authority; and
(b) all rights, obligations and liabilities of the combined planning authority subsisting immediately before the relevant day are transferred to the Crown; and
(c) any contract or agreement entered into by or on behalf of a combined planning authority before the relevant day is to be treated for all purposes as a contract or agreement entered into by the Crown; and