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Planning and Environment Act 1987
158CPanel may treat like submissions as one submission
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158C Panel may treat like submissions as one submission
(1) A panel may decide to treat two or more submissions referred to it as if they were one submission if the panel is satisfied that the submissions are the same or substantially the same.
(2) In making a decision under subsection (1), the panel may have regard to any of the following—
(a) whether the issues raised in the submissions are the same or substantially the same;
(b) whether the wording of the submissions is the same or substantially the same;
(c) any other relevant matter.
S. 158D inserted by No. 6/2025 s. 158.