96BApplication of provisions

96B Application of provisions (1) Subject to this Division, if a planning authority has agreed to consider an application for a permit concurrently with the preparation of a proposed amendment— S. 96B(1)(a) amended by No. 6/2025 s. 132(a). (a) sections 17, 18, 20 to 23, 24 and 25 and Part 8 apply to the application as if— (i) except in section 23, the application were an amendment to a planning scheme; and (ii) any reference in those sections to section 19 were a reference to section 96C; and (iii) any reference in section 23 to an amendment were a reference to the proposed permit; and S. 96B(1)(b) amended by No. 6/2025 s. 132(b). (b) Part 3 (other than section 23A) and Part 5 apply to the proposed amendment as if any reference in those Parts to section 19 were a reference to section 96C. (2) Sections 166 and 185A apply to an application for a permit under this Division as if it were an amendment to a planning scheme and as if any reference in those sections to Part 3 included a reference to this Division. S. 96C inserted by No. 77/1996 s. 14.