28AMinister may decide to continue amendment or part of amendment abandoned by planning authority

28A Minister may decide to continue amendment or part of amendment abandoned by planning authority (1) Within 30 business days of receiving a notice under section 28(1), the Minister may decide to continue the amendment or the part of the amendment that the planning authority abandoned. (2) The Minister may also decide to become the planning authority for any part of the amendment that is related to the part of the amendment that the Minister decides to continue with under subsection (1). (3) The Minister becomes the planning authority for an amendment or any part of an amendment that the Minister— (a) decides to continue under subsection (1); and (b) decides to become the planning authority for under subsection (2). (4) The Minister must give written notice of a decision under this section to the planning authority. S. 28B inserted by No. 6/2025 s. 129.