16FMunicipal councils to apply for authorisation to prepare amendments for their municipal districts

16F Municipal councils to apply for authorisation to prepare amendments for their municipal districts (1) A municipal council must not prepare an amendment to the State standard provisions or the local provisions of a planning scheme in force in its municipal district unless it has applied to the Minister under this section and the Minister has authorised it to do so. A municipal council may prepare an amendment without authorisation in certain circumstances—see section 16H. (2) An application under this section must be made in accordance with the regulations and contain the information required by the Minister. S. 16G inserted by No. 6/2025 s. 125.