140Planning certificates

140 Planning certificates (1) A person may apply in the approved form accompanied by the prescribed fee to the Minister for a certificate under this section. (2) A certificate issued under this section is prima facie evidence of the facts certified in it. (3) A certificate under this section is to: (a) be in the approved form; and (b) show in relation to the land in respect of which it is issued as at the date on which the certificate is issued: (i) whether a provision of a planning scheme or an interim development control order applies; (ii) in general terms, the effect of restrictions or prohibitions, if any, placed by or under this Act on the use of the land; (iii) if a development application has been determined within 2 years before the date of the application for a certificate under this section – the nature of the development application and the determination made in respect of it;

Planning Act 1999 143 (iv) if a permit is in force – the nature of the permit; and (v) if an application for a permit has been made but no permit or notice relating to the determination of the application has been issued or served – the nature of the (4) If a condition of the permit referred to in section 56 permits the development to which the application relates to be completed in stages, a certificate issued under this section may certify that the requirements of this Act have been complied with in respect of the development of land although not all stages of the development permitted under the development permit have been completed in relation to the balance of that land.