Planning Regulation 2017
sec.70Public access to certain documents— Act , s 264
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sec.70 Public access to certain documents— Act , s 264
For section 264 (1) of the Act , schedule 22 prescribes— the documents the following persons must or may keep publicly available— a local government; an assessment manager; a referral agency; the chief executive; and whether the documents— must be kept available for inspection and purchase or for inspection only; and must or may be published on the person’s website; and if a document must or may be kept for a particular period only—the period during which the document must or may be kept. For section 264 (6) of the Act , schedule 22 also prescribes the documents that section 264 of the Act does not apply to the extent the person required to make the document publicly available reasonably considers the document contains the information mentioned in section 264 (6) of the Act . If schedule 22 requires a document to be kept, a certified copy of the document may be kept instead of the document. (sec.70-ssec.1) For section 264 (1) of the Act , schedule 22 prescribes— the documents the following persons must or may keep publicly available— a local government; an assessment manager; a referral agency; the chief executive; and whether the documents— must be kept available for inspection and purchase or for inspection only; and must or may be published on the person’s website; and if a document must or may be kept for a particular period only—the period during which the document must or may be kept. (sec.70-ssec.2) For section 264 (6) of the Act , schedule 22 also prescribes the documents that section 264 of the Act does not apply to the extent the person required to make the document publicly available reasonably considers the document contains the information mentioned in section 264 (6) of the Act . (sec.70-ssec.3) If schedule 22 requires a document to be kept, a certified copy of the document may be kept instead of the document.
- (a) the documents the following persons must or may keep publicly available— (i) a local government; (ii) an assessment manager; (iii) a referral agency; (iv) the chief executive; and
- (i) a local government;
- (ii) an assessment manager;
- (iii) a referral agency;
- (iv) the chief executive; and
- (b) whether the documents— (i) must be kept available for inspection and purchase or for inspection only; and (ii) must or may be published on the person’s website; and
- (i) must be kept available for inspection and purchase or for inspection only; and
- (ii) must or may be published on the person’s website; and
- (c) if a document must or may be kept for a particular period only—the period during which the document must or may be kept.
- (i) a local government;
- (ii) an assessment manager;