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Planning and Environment Act 1987
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18 Availability of amendment
(1) Each relevant person must make the documents specified in subsection (2) available in accordance with the public availability requirements.
(2) For the purposes of subsection (1), the documents are—
(a) a copy of a proposed amendment to a planning scheme prepared by a planning authority; and
(b) a copy of the explanatory report in respect of the proposed amendment; and
(c) a copy of any document that is applied, adopted or incorporated in the proposed amendment; and
(d) a copy of any accompanying agreement to the proposed amendment referred to in section 17(2).
(3) Each relevant person must make the documents available under subsection (1) until the proposed amendment is approved or lapses.
(a) the planning authority that prepared the proposed amendment;
(b) a person who is given a copy of a proposed amendment under section 17(1)(a) or (c).