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Planning Act 2016
sec.106ZIDeciding particular applications relating to development requiring social impact assessment
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### sec.106ZI Deciding particular applications relating to development requiring social impact assessment
This section applies in relation to the following applications (each a relevant application )—
a development application for development requiring social impact assessment;
a change application relating to development requiring social impact assessment;
change representations about a development approval for development requiring social impact assessment;
an extension application for a development approval for development requiring social impact assessment.
The following matters are not grounds for refusing the relevant application or a part of the relevant application, or directing the assessment manager or responsible entity to refuse the relevant application or a part of the relevant application—
there is no community benefit agreement for the relevant application or for an application for the development approval the subject of the relevant application;
the community benefit agreement for the relevant application, or for an application for the development approval the subject of the relevant application, does not adequately manage, mitigate or counterbalance the social impacts of the development requiring social impact assessment.
This section does not apply in relation to a relevant application that is called in by the Minister under part 6 , division 3 .
s 106ZI ins 2025 No. 14 s 21
(sec.106ZI-ssec.1) This section applies in relation to the following applications (each a relevant application )— a development application for development requiring social impact assessment; a change application relating to development requiring social impact assessment; change representations about a development approval for development requiring social impact assessment; an extension application for a development approval for development requiring social impact assessment.
(sec.106ZI-ssec.2) The following matters are not grounds for refusing the relevant application or a part of the relevant application, or directing the assessment manager or responsible entity to refuse the relevant application or a part of the relevant application— there is no community benefit agreement for the relevant application or for an application for the development approval the subject of the relevant application; the community benefit agreement for the relevant application, or for an application for the development approval the subject of the relevant application, does not adequately manage, mitigate or counterbalance the social impacts of the development requiring social impact assessment.
(sec.106ZI-ssec.3) This section does not apply in relation to a relevant application that is called in by the Minister under part 6 , division 3 .
- (a) a development application for development requiring social impact assessment;
- (b) a change application relating to development requiring social impact assessment;
- (c) change representations about a development approval for development requiring social impact assessment;
- (d) an extension application for a development approval for development requiring social impact assessment.
- (a) there is no community benefit agreement for the relevant application or for an application for the development approval the subject of the relevant application;
- (b) the community benefit agreement for the relevant application, or for an application for the development approval the subject of the relevant application, does not adequately manage, mitigate or counterbalance the social impacts of the development requiring social impact assessment.