71Consideration of draft major plan amendments by

71 Consideration of draft major plan amendments by relevant Assembly committee (1) If the Minister refers a draft major plan amendment to the relevant Assembly committee under section 70 (2), the committee must tell the Minister, within 15 working days after the day the draft amendment is referred to the committee, whether or not it will prepare a report on the draft amendment.

Consideration of draft major plan amendments by relevant Assembly Division 5.2.6 (2) If the committee has not told the Minister, within the 15-day period, whether it will prepare a report, it is taken to have decided not to prepare a report. (3) Without limiting the matters the relevant Assembly committee may include in a report on the draft major plan amendment, the committee must include in the report— (a) a recommendation that the Minister approve the draft amendment; or (b) another recommendation about the draft amendment. (4) Subsection (5) applies if— (a) the draft amendment is to facilitate the development of a territory priority project; and (b) if the committee decides to prepare a report on the draft amendment—the Minister is satisfied that the risk of delay to the development of the territory priority project will be minimised if the committee’s report on the draft amendment were given to the Minister earlier than 6 months after the day it is referred to the committee. (5) When the Minister refers the draft major plan amendment to the relevant Assembly committee, the Minister may request that, if the committee decides to prepare a report, the report be completed and given to the Minister within a period stated by the Minister, that is at least 3 months and not more than 6 months after the day the draft amendment is referred to the committee.