Planning Regulation 2017
sec.51CEffect of notice of proposed declaration on process for assessing and deciding application
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sec.51C Effect of notice of proposed declaration on process for assessing and deciding application
This section applies if— the Minister gives notice under section 106C of the Act of the proposed declaration of a relevant application that is a development application or a change application as an application for State facilitated development; and the notice is given before the decision-maker for the relevant application decides the application. The process for assessing and deciding the relevant application stops on the day the notice is given. The process for assessing and deciding the relevant application restarts from the point in the process at which it stopped under subsection (2) — if the Minister gives a notice under section 51E in relation to the application—on the day the notice is given; or if the Minister does not make a declaration under section 106D of the Act , or give a notice under section 51E , in relation to the application—on the day that is 15 business days after the day the representation period for the proposed declaration ends. s 51C ins 2024 SL No. 123 s 16 (sec.51C-ssec.1) This section applies if— the Minister gives notice under section 106C of the Act of the proposed declaration of a relevant application that is a development application or a change application as an application for State facilitated development; and the notice is given before the decision-maker for the relevant application decides the application. (sec.51C-ssec.2) The process for assessing and deciding the relevant application stops on the day the notice is given. (sec.51C-ssec.3) The process for assessing and deciding the relevant application restarts from the point in the process at which it stopped under subsection (2) — if the Minister gives a notice under section 51E in relation to the application—on the day the notice is given; or if the Minister does not make a declaration under section 106D of the Act , or give a notice under section 51E , in relation to the application—on the day that is 15 business days after the day the representation period for the proposed declaration ends.
- (a) the Minister gives notice under section 106C of the Act of the proposed declaration of a relevant application that is a development application or a change application as an application for State facilitated development; and
- (b) the notice is given before the decision-maker for the relevant application decides the application.
- (a) if the Minister gives a notice under section 51E in relation to the application—on the day the notice is given; or
- (b) if the Minister does not make a declaration under section 106D of the Act , or give a notice under section 51E , in relation to the application—on the day that is 15 business days after the day the representation period for the proposed declaration ends.