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### sec.106Y Meaning of community benefit agreement
A community benefit agreement is an agreement, entered into under this division, about providing a benefit to a community in the locality of development requiring social impact assessment the subject of a development application or change application, including, for example—
providing or contributing towards infrastructure or another thing for the community; or
a sports facility or library for the community
a training program to upskill members of the community
making a financial contribution to the community.
giving a donation to a fund established for the benefit of the community
To remove any doubt, it is declared that a community benefit agreement is not an infrastructure agreement even if it relates to providing or funding infrastructure.
s 106Y ins 2025 No. 14 s 21
(sec.106Y-ssec.1) A community benefit agreement is an agreement, entered into under this division, about providing a benefit to a community in the locality of development requiring social impact assessment the subject of a development application or change application, including, for example— providing or contributing towards infrastructure or another thing for the community; or a sports facility or library for the community a training program to upskill members of the community making a financial contribution to the community. giving a donation to a fund established for the benefit of the community
(sec.106Y-ssec.2) To remove any doubt, it is declared that a community benefit agreement is not an infrastructure agreement even if it relates to providing or funding infrastructure.
- (a) providing or contributing towards infrastructure or another thing for the community; or Examples of infrastructure and other things for the community— • a sports facility or library for the community • a training program to upskill members of the community
- • a sports facility or library for the community
- • a training program to upskill members of the community
- (b) making a financial contribution to the community. Example for paragraph (b) — giving a donation to a fund established for the benefit of the community
- • a sports facility or library for the community
- • a training program to upskill members of the community