68Transitional provisions

68 Transitional provisions

(1) Subject to subregulations (2) and (3), for a period of 3 months from the commencement of these Regulations, it is sufficient compliance with these Regulations if the Minister, a person, responsible authority, referral authority or planning authority complies with the requirements of either these Regulations or the Planning and Environment Regulations 2005 (as in force immediately before their revocation) in relation to a specified requirement or other thing.

(2) If a notice of a decision to amend or end an agreement is given under section 178F(1) of the Act between 16 May 2015 and 15 August 2015, the notice is taken to comply with regulation 57, whether or not the notice is given in the form of Form 19 in Schedule 1 or contains the information set out in Form 19 in Schedule 1.

(3) If a notice of a decision to refuse to amend or end an agreement is given under section 178F(2) of the Act between 16 May 2015 and 15 August 2015, the notice is taken to comply with regulation 58, whether or not the notice is given in the form of Form 20 in Schedule 1 or contains the information set out in Form 20 in Schedule 1.

(4) In this regulation—

specified requirement or other thing means any of the following—

(a) a notice given under the Act;

(b) an application made under the Act;

(c) a permit granted under the Act;

(d) a request made under the Act;

(e) a certificate of compliance issued under the Act;

(f) a statement lodged under section 110 of the Act;

(g) the telling of the Registrar of Titles of the amending or ending of an agreement under section 183 of the Act.

Reg. 69 inserted by S.R. No. 114/2022 reg. 8.