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4 Objectives 22 4AA Obligations of Department Head in relation to Yarra River land 25 4AB Obligations of Department Head in relation to declared areas 25 4AC Obligations of Department Head in relation to the Great Ocean Road region 26 Part 1A—Victoria Planning Provisions 28 4A Victoria Planning Provisions 28 4B Amendment of Victoria Planning Provisions 28 4C Approval of amendment 29 4D Notice of approval 29 4E Commencement 30 4F Application of planning scheme provisions to amendments to VPPs 30 4G Lodging of Victoria Planning Provisions and approved amendments 30 4H Inspection and electronic publication of approved amendments 31 4I Who must keep and make available a copy of the Victoria Planning Provisions? 31 4J Amendment of planning schemes by Victoria Planning Provisions 32 Part 2—Planning schemes 34 5 What are the planning schemes to which this Act applies? 34 6 What can a planning scheme provide for? 34 6A Easements, restrictions etc. 40 6B Heritage buildings 42 7 Structure of planning schemes 43 8 Minister is planning authority 44 8A Municipal council as planning authority for its municipal district 44 8B Municipal council as planning authority for area adjoining municipal district 46 9 Authorised Ministers and authorities are planning authorities 47 9A Suburban Rail Loop Authority is a planning authority 47 10 Restrictions and powers relating to the preparation of amendments 47 12 What are the duties and powers of planning authorities? 48 12A Ministerial directions for having regard to climate change 50 12B Review of planning schemes 51 13 Responsible authority 52 14 What are the duties of a responsible authority? 53 14A What are the duties of a referral authority? 53 15 Changes in boundaries 54 16 Application of planning scheme 55 Part 3—Amendment of planning schemes 56 Division 1AA—Authorisation to prepare amendments and other preliminary matters 56 Subdivision 1—Requests for municipal councils to prepare amendments 56 16A Request for municipal council to prepare amendment 56 16B Decision on request to prepare amendment 56 16C Notice of decision on request to prepare amendment 56 16D Minister may direct municipal council to make decision 57 16E Minister may direct municipal council to apply to prepare amendment 57 Subdivision 2—Authorisation to prepare amendments 57 16F Municipal councils to apply for authorisation to prepare amendments for their municipal districts 57 16G Decision on application to prepare amendment 58 16H When council may prepare amendment without authorisation 59 16I Municipal councils to apply for authorisation to prepare amendments for adjoining municipal districts 59 16J Consent of Suburban Rail Loop Minister required for authorisations of certain planning scheme amendments 60 16K Applications for planning scheme amendment authorisations received before applicable Suburban Rail Loop planning area declarations 60 16L Minister may authorise other Ministers or public authorities to prepare amendments 61 Subdivision 3—Other matters 62 16M Municipal councils must not prepare amendments for Port of Melbourne Area 62 16N Low‑impact amendments 62 Division 1—Exhibition and notice of amendment 63 17 Copies of amendment to be given to certain persons 63 18 Availability of amendment 64 19 What notice of an amendment must a planning authority give? 65 20 Exemption from giving notice 67 20A Minister may determine to prepare technical and corrective amendments—exception to sections 17, 18 and 19 69 Division 2—Public submissions about an amendment 70 21 Who may make a submission?, 70 21A Joint submissions 71 22 Planning authority to consider submissions 72 23 Decisions about submissions, 73 23A Process for low‑impact amendments 74 24 Consideration of submissions by panel and reasonable opportunity to be heard 75 25 Report by panel 75 25A Recommendation by panel to Minister 76 26 Reports to be made public 76 27 Planning authority to consider panel's report 77 28 Abandonment of amendment 78 28A Minister may decide to continue amendment or part of amendment abandoned by planning authority 79 28B Effect of Minister's decision to continue abandoned amendments 79 28C Directions of Minister about abandoned amendments 80 28D Minister may refer amendment or part of amendment abandoned by planning authority to a panel 80 Division 3—Adoption and approval of amendment 80 29 Adoption of amendment 80 30 When does an amendment lapse? 81 31 Planning authority to submit amendment to Minister 82 32 More notice 83 33 Notice of changes 83 34 Submissions 83 34A Amendments affecting land to which Suburban Rail Loop planning area declarations apply 84 35 Approval of amendment by Minister 85 36 Notice of approval 86 37 Commencement of amendment 87 38 Parliament may revoke an amendment 87 39 Defects in procedure 89 Division 4—Availability of approved amendments and schemes 91 40 Lodging of approved amendment 91 41 Who must keep a copy of an approved amendment for inspection? 91 42 Who must keep a copy of a planning scheme? 92 Division 5—Special provisions 93 43 Roads on Crown land 93 44 Roads on land other than Crown land 93 45 Effect on easements for public utilities 95 46 Planning schemes may apply to reserved land 95 Part 3AAA—Yarra River land protection 96