sec.16Contents of local planning instruments

### sec.16 Contents of local planning instruments A planning scheme must— identify strategic outcomes for the local government area to which the planning scheme applies; and include measures that facilitate the achievement of the strategic outcomes; and coordinate and integrate the matters dealt with by the planning scheme, including State and regional aspects of the matters. A regulation may prescribe requirements (the regulated requirements ) for the contents of a local planning instrument. The contents prescribed by regulation apply instead of a local planning instrument, to the extent of any inconsistency. For the application of this section to a planning instrument change under the Economic Development Act 2012 , see also sections 40L (3) , 41 (4) and 42K (2) of that Act. s 16 amd 2019 No. 11 s 137 (sec.16-ssec.1) A planning scheme must— identify strategic outcomes for the local government area to which the planning scheme applies; and include measures that facilitate the achievement of the strategic outcomes; and coordinate and integrate the matters dealt with by the planning scheme, including State and regional aspects of the matters. (sec.16-ssec.2) A regulation may prescribe requirements (the regulated requirements ) for the contents of a local planning instrument. (sec.16-ssec.3) The contents prescribed by regulation apply instead of a local planning instrument, to the extent of any inconsistency. - (a) identify strategic outcomes for the local government area to which the planning scheme applies; and - (b) include measures that facilitate the achievement of the strategic outcomes; and - (c) coordinate and integrate the matters dealt with by the planning scheme, including State and regional aspects of the matters.