97OCertificate of compliance

97O Certificate of compliance (1) The responsible authority must consider the application and must— (a) issue to the applicant a certificate of compliance in accordance with section 97N(1)(a) or (b); or (b) refuse to issue the certificate on a ground set out in subsection (4) or (5). (2) A certificate of compliance must be in the prescribed form and contain the prescribed information. (3) The responsible authority may specify in a certificate referred to in section 97N(1)(b) any part of the use or development which would require a permit or is prohibited under the planning scheme at the date of the certificate. (4) The responsible authority must refuse to issue a certificate applied for under section 97N(1)(a) if the use or development or any part of the use or development would require a permit or is prohibited under the planning scheme. (5) The responsible authority must refuse to issue a certificate applied for under section 97N(1)(b) if the whole of the use or development would require a permit or is prohibited under the planning scheme. S. 97P (Heading) inserted by No. 3/2013 s. 66(1). S. 97P inserted by No. 128/1993 s. 23.