NORTHERN TERRITORY OF AUSTRALIA
PLANNING REGULATIONS 2000
As in force at 8 April 2025
Table of provisions
Part 1 Preliminary matters
1 Citation ............................................................................................ 1
2 Commencement .............................................................................. 1
2A Interpretation ................................................................................... 1
3 Exempt subdivisions ........................................................................ 2
3A Further exempt subdivisions ............................................................ 3
3B Exempt consolidation ...................................................................... 3
Part 2 Development provisions generally
3C Residential zones ............................................................................ 4
4 Notice of decision relating to exceptional development permit ........ 5
5 Development application made by electronic transmission ............. 6
5A Concurrent application and development application in relation
to scheme land ................................................................................ 6
6 Public notice of development application ......................................... 6
6A Notices and signs ............................................................................ 7
6B Removing sign during submission period ........................................ 8
7 Developments with 28-day minimum submission period ................. 8
8 Limited notice – people requiring privacy ........................................ 9
8A Limited notice – developments without a significant impact .......... 10
8C Matters to be taken into account for proposed subdivision of
non-vacant land ............................................................................. 11
Part 3 Developer contributions
9 Definition of infrastructure .............................................................. 11
10 Declaration of matters by service authorities ................................. 12
11 Prescribed rate of interest.............................................................. 12
Part 5 Miscellaneous matters
15A Qualifications of specialist advisors ............................................... 12
16 Qualifications of specialist members ............................................. 12
Part 6 Infringement notice offences
17 Infringement notice offence and prescribed amount payable ........ 13
18 When infringement notice may be given ........................................ 13
19 Contents of infringement notice ..................................................... 13
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20 Electronic payment and payment by cheque ................................. 14
21 Withdrawal of infringement notice.................................................. 14
22 Application of Part ......................................................................... 14
Schedule Infringement notice offences and
prescribed amounts
ENDNOTES
NORTHERN TERRITORY OF AUSTRALIA
As in force at 8 April 2025
PLANNING REGULATIONS 2000
Regulations under the Planning Act 1999
Part 1 Preliminary matters
1 Citation
These Regulations may be cited as the Planning Regulations 2000.
2 Commencement
These Regulations come into operation on the commencement of
the Planning Act 1999.
2A Interpretation
(1) In these Regulations:
infringement notice, see regulation 18.
infringement notice offence, see regulation 17.
planning control provision means any provision or development
requirement of a planning scheme that permits, prohibits, restricts
or imposes conditions on a use or development of land.
prescribed amount, see regulation 17.
residential zone means each zone specified in regulation 3C as a
residential zone.
(2) The definitions in the NT Planning Scheme of the following terms
apply to these Regulations:
(a) abattoir;
(b) animal boarding;
(c) bar-public;
(d) club;
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(e) dwelling-group;
(f) dwelling-independent;
(g) dwelling-multiple;
(h) dwelling-single;
(i) excavation and fill;
(j) intensive animal husbandry;
(k) nightclub entertainment venue;
(l) warehouse.
(3) A reference in these Regulations to a type of zone in relation to
land, a use or a development is taken to be a reference to the zone
as defined or specified in the planning scheme that applies to the
land, use or development.
3 Exempt subdivisions
(1) For the purposes of paragraph (h) of the definition of subdivision
in section 5(2) of the Act, the following subdivisions are prescribed:
(a) subdivisions within Northern Territory Portions 1192 and 1316;
(b) a subdivision of a parcel of land for the purposes of enabling a
trunk railway line to be constructed, if all the parts of the parcel
that are not acquired for the purposes of the trunk railway line
remain one parcel;
(c) subleases within Northern Territory Portion 1478;
(d) areas of land proposed for the development or use of, or being
developed or used for, the following:
(i) an onshore gas plant near Wadeye community and a
gas pipeline between the gas plant and the coastline in
that locality;
(ii) a gas pipeline from Wadeye to Gove;
(e) areas of land on which there is, or there is proposed to be,
telecommunications infrastructure;
(f) subdivisions comprising leases of land for the purpose of
commercial forestry.
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(2) In this regulation:
telecommunications infrastructure means telecommunications
infrastructure, whether constructed before or after the
commencement of subregulation (1)(e).
3A Further exempt subdivisions
(1) The subdivisions mentioned in subregulation (2) are also prescribed
for paragraph (h) of the definition of subdivision in section 5(2) of
the Act.
(2) Subdivisions comprising leases granted after the commencement
date and before 30 June 2028 over Aboriginal land:
(a) to the Chief Executive Officer (Housing); or
(b) to another body established under a law of the Territory; or
(c) to Indigenous Essential Services Pty Ltd ACN 105 269 636.
Example of a body established under a law of the Territory
The Power and Water Corporation established by section 4 of the Power and
Water Corporation Act 1987.
(3) In subregulation (2):
Aboriginal land, see section 3(1) of the Aboriginal Land Rights
(Northern Territory) Act 1976 (Cth).
commencement date means:
(a) for regulation 3A(2)(a) and (b) – the day on which the Planning
Amendment Regulations (No. 2) 2009 commenced; and
(b) for regulation 3A(2)(c) – the day on which section 4 of the
Planning Legislation Amendment Act 2016 commenced.
Chief Executive Officer (Housing), see section 6 of the Housing
Act 1982.
3B Exempt consolidation
(1) For section 3(1) of the Act, definition consolidation, paragraph (e),
a consolidation effected by the creation of an indefeasible title
under section 54G(3)(d) of the Land Title Act 2000 following the
termination of a development under the Termination Act is
prescribed.
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(2) In this regulation:
development, see section 4(1) of the Termination Act.
termination, see section 4(1) of the Termination Act.
Termination Act means the Termination of Units Plans and Unit
Title Schemes Act 2009.
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3C Residential zones
(1) A zone in land to which the NT Planning Scheme applies is a
residential zone if it is specified in the planning scheme, or in a map
to which the planning scheme refers, as one of the following:
(a) LR – Low Density Residential;
(b) LMR – Low Medium Density Residential;
(c) MR – Medium Density Residential;
(d) HR – High Density Residential;
(e) CV – Caravan Parks;
(f) CL – Community Living;
(g) RL – Rural Living;
(h) RR – Rural Residential.
(2) Each of the following specific use zones in the NT Planning
Scheme is a residential zone:
(a) SA2;
(b) SD1, SD8, SD10, SD11, SD12, SD13, SD17, SD19, SD20
and SD21;
(c) SK1 and SK3;
(d) SP2, SP3 and SP4.
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(3) A zone in land to which the Jabiru Town Plan applies is a
residential zone if it is specified in the planning scheme, or in a map
to which the planning scheme refers, as a Residential Zone.
Note for subregulation (3)
Under section 184 of the Act, the Jabiru Town Plan is taken to be a specific
planning scheme.
(4) A zone specified as a specific use zone in a planning scheme, or in
a map to which the planning scheme refers, is a residential zone if:
(a) the zone is established (including by changing an existing
zone) by an amendment of the planning scheme that takes
effect on or after 1 February 2007; and
(b) a provision of the planning scheme requires the land in the
zone to be developed and used predominantly for dwellings
not exceeding 2 storeys above ground level.
4 Notice of decision relating to exceptional development permit
For section 40(7) of the Act, the following details must be included
in the notice of a decision relating to an application for the grant or
variation of an exceptional development permit:
(a) the Lot, Section or Portion number of the land to which the
notice relates and the street address of the land;
(b) the zone of the land;
(c) if the notice relates to a decision:
(i) to grant a permit – a brief summary of the development
or use permitted under the permit; or
(ii) to refuse to grant a permit – a brief summary of the
development or use proposed in the application; or
(iii) to vary a permit – a brief summary of the variation and
the development or use permitted under the permit as
varied; or
(iv) to refuse to vary a permit – a brief summary of the
variation proposed in the application.
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5 Development application made by electronic transmission
For section 46(2A) of the Act, a development application may be
made by email, CD-ROM or other manner of electronic
transmission if:
(a) the transmission is capable of being received and processed
by equipment used by the consent authority; and
(b) the manner of transmission allows for reproduction by the
consent authority of hard copies in the same format and of the
same quality as the original document, including colour
reproduction if applicable.
5A Concurrent application and development application in
relation to scheme land
(1) For sections 30C(4)(j)(iii) and 46(3)(l)(iii) of the Act, the following
information about the development must be specified in the plan:
(a) details of each exclusive use by-law that applies, or will apply,
to any part of the scheme land;
(b) if the scheme is intended to be developed progressively:
(i) the boundaries of the scheme land affected by each
stage of the development; and
(ii) a statement of the broad concepts for the
implementation of each stage.
(2) In this regulation:
exclusive use by-law, see section 97(1) of the Unit Title Schemes
Act 2009.
intended to be developed progressively, in relation to a scheme,
see section 64(1) and (2) of the Unit Title Schemes Act 2009.
stage, see section 5 of the Unit Title Schemes Act 2009.
6 Public notice of development application
(1) For section 47(2) of the Act, this regulation prescribes the manner
and form of the public notice for a development application required
under that section of the Act.
(2) A notice must be published in one or both of the following ways:
(a) on a website or other electronic platform that is capable of
informing the persons affected by the development;
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(b) in a newspaper circulating in the area in which the land is
located or the Territory generally.
(3) One or more signs must be posted on or in the vicinity of the land to
be developed unless:
(a) the location of the land makes posting the sign an ineffective
means of informing the persons affected by the development;
and
(b) the notice under subregulation (2) is likely to notify the
persons affected by the development.
6A Notices and signs
(1) Subregulation (2) prescribes the information regarding a
development application that must be included in the following
notices and signs:
(a) a notice and sign under section 47 of the Act;
(b) a notice under section 47B of the Act.
(2) In addition to the information required under section 47(2) of the
Act, the notices and signs must include the following information:
(a) the Lot, Section or Portion number of the land to which the
development application relates and the street address of the
land;
(b) the current zone of the land;
(c) the place where or the manner in which the public can view a
copy of the development application;
(d) a description of how submissions about the development
application may be lodged.
(3) Any sign posted under section 47 of the Act must:
(a) be posted on, or within a reasonable distance from, each
public road frontage of the land; and
(b) be clearly legible to a person from a location on the public
road nearest to the land; and
(c) be posted during at least the submission period specified for
the development application.
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6B Removing sign during submission period
(1) Any sign posted under section 47 of the Act must not be removed
until after the end of the submission period.
(2) A person commits an offence if:
(a) the person removes a sign; and
(b) the sign was posted under section 47 of the Act; and
(c) the removal occurred before the end of the submission period.
Maximum penalty: 10 penalty units.
(3) Strict liability applies to subregulation (2).
7 Developments with 28-day minimum submission period
For section 47(5)(a) of the Act, the minimum submission period for
the following developments is 28 days:
(a) development of a building of more than 3 storeys above
ground in Alice Springs or Katherine;
(b) development of a building of more than 8 storeys above
ground in Darwin or Palmerston, other than in Zone CB;
(c) development of more than 50 dwellings on one site, other than
in Zone CB;
(d) development of a building with a gross ground floor area
exceeding 10 000 m 2, other than:
(i) a building in Zone DV, LI or GI; and
(ii) an education establishment;
(e) development of premises for animal boarding or intensive
animal husbandry in a residential zone or within 500 m of a
residential zone;
(f) development of an abattoir;
(g) development of a bar-public, club or nightclub entertainment
venue that is within 100 m of a residential zoned lot, other
than in Zone CB;
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(h) development of a subdivision of land, other than under a
masterplan and associated staging plan, to:
(i) create more than 30 lots; or
(ii) create more than 5 lots in Zone RR or RL; or
(iii) subdivide vacant land under the Unit Titles Act 1975 or
the Unit Title Schemes Act 2009 in Zone RR, RL or R;
(i) development with an estimated cost of $25 million or more
outside Zone CB or DV;
(j) excavation and fill of land in Zone RR, RL, R or H;
(k) clearing of native vegetation on unzoned land of more than
5ha or land in Zones A, CN, H, R, RD and WM;
(l) development of a new hospital.
8 Limited notice – people requiring privacy
(1) For section 47B(1)(a) of the Act, the following are prescribed as
people requiring privacy:
(a) victims of sexual assault, people at risk of domestic violence
and other people requiring protection from the risk of violence;
(b) people at risk of harm who are under the care and protection
of a government agency or any other organisation providing
community welfare services.
(2) For section 47B(2) of the Act, notice for a development application
solely for consent to use or develop land to accommodate people
requiring privacy must be given to the following persons:
(a) any person who owns land adjoining the land to which the
development application relates;
(b) if the land to which the development application relates
adjoins a public road – the owner of each of the 3 parcels of
land closest to and on the opposite side of the road;
(c) any other person the consent authority considers should be
notified of the application.
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8A Limited notice – developments without a significant impact
(1) For section 47B(1)(b) of the Act, the following are prescribed as
developments that will not have a significant effect on the existing
and future amenity of the locality:
(a) development on land on which a dwelling-single was built, or
is to be built, if:
(i) a planning scheme or an interim development control
order allows the development without consent subject to
compliance with development requirements; and
(ii) consent is required only because the development will
not fully comply with development requirements relating
to the distance between the dwelling, or a structure
ancillary to the dwelling, and one or more boundaries of
the land; and
(iii) any boundary referred to in subparagraph (ii) does not
adjoin a public thoroughfare;
(b) development on land zoned for industrial use if:
(i) a planning scheme or interim development control order
allows the development without consent but includes
development requirements relating to the development;
and
(ii) consent is required only because the development will
not fully comply with the development requirements; and
(iii) the land does not adjoin a residential zone.
(2) For section 47B(2) of the Act, notice for a development application
referred to in subregulation (1)(a) must be given to the following
persons:
(a) any person who owns land adjoining the boundary referred to
in subregulation (1)(a)(ii);
(b) any other person the consent authority considers should be
notified of the application.
(3) For section 47B(2) of the Act, notice for a development application
referred to in subregulation (1)(b) must be given to the following
persons:
(a) any person who owns land adjoining the land to which the
development application relates;
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(b) any other person the consent authority considers should be
notified of the application.
8C Matters to be taken into account for proposed subdivision of
non-vacant land
(1) This regulation applies to a concurrent application or development
application for a proposed subdivision of land on which a building is
situated.
(2) For section 30P(2)(o) or 51(q) of the Act, the consent authority must
take into account whether parts of the building are suitable for
separate ownership or occupation, having regard to the following:
(a) the structural integrity of the building;
(b) the fire safety qualities of the walls and other proposed
boundaries within the building;
(c) if the building is situated in a part of the Territory to which
Part 6 of the Building Act 1993 applies under section 6 of that
Act – the requirements in relation to structural integrity and fire
safety prescribed under that Act at the date the development
application was made.
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9 Definition of infrastructure
For section 67 of the Act, definition of infrastructure, construction
of all or part of the following are prescribed capital works:
(a) sewer systems;
(b) potable and non-potable water supply systems;
(c) electricity supply systems;
(d) roads;
(e) stormwater drainage systems;
(f) telecommunications systems;
(g) street and road lighting systems;
(h) any ancillary plant, equipment, works or fixture related to the
systems or roads specified in paragraphs (a) to (g).
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10 Declaration of matters by service authorities
A declaration for the purposes of section 73(1) of the Act by a
service authority that is the Territory is to be made by instrument in
writing signed by the Minister with primary responsibility for the
provision of infrastructure of the type provided by the service
authority.
11 Prescribed rate of interest
For the purposes of section 73(2)(b)(i) of the Act, the prescribed
rate of interest is 1% higher than the standard overdraft rate set
from time to time by the Commonwealth Bank.
Part 5 Miscellaneous matters
15A Qualifications of specialist advisors
For section 84(5) of the Act, a person is eligible to be appointed as
a specialist advisor if the person has the skills, qualifications or
experience in one or more of the areas of expertise specified in
regulation 16.
16 Qualifications of specialist members
For section 89(4) of the Act, a person is eligible to be appointed as
a specialist member if the person has skills, qualifications or
experience in one or more of the following areas of expertise:
(a) architecture;
(b) building construction;
(ba) community development;
(c) engineering;
(d) environmental studies;
(e) land surveying;
(f) landscape design;
(g) law;
(h) property valuation;
(i) property development or management;
(j) town planning;
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(k) urban design.
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17 Infringement notice offence and prescribed amount payable
(1) An infringement notice offence is an offence against a provision
specified in the Schedule.
(2) The prescribed amount for an infringement notice offence is the
monetary value of the penalty units specified in the Schedule for the
offence for which the notice was given.
18 When infringement notice may be given
When authorised under section 80G of the Act, an authorised
officer may give an infringement notice to a person if the
authorised officer believes on reasonable grounds that a person
has committed an infringement notice offence.
19 Contents of infringement notice
(1) The infringement notice must specify the following:
(a) the name and address of the person, if known;
(b) the date the infringement notice is given to the person;
(c) the date and time of the infringement notice offence and the
place at which the infringement notice offence occurred;
(d) a description of the offence;
(e) the prescribed amount payable for the offence;
(f) the enforcement agency, as defined in the Fines and Penalties
(Recovery) Act 2001, to which the prescribed amount is
payable.
(2) The infringement notice must include a statement to the effect of
the following:
(a) the person may expiate the infringement notice offence and
avoid any further action in relation to the offence by paying the
prescribed amount to the specified enforcement agency within
28 days after the notice is given;
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(b) the person may elect under section 21 of the Fines and
Penalties (Recovery) Act 2001 to have the matter dealt with by
a court instead of under that Act by completing a statement of
election and giving it to the specified enforcement agency;
(c) if the person does nothing in response to the notice,
enforcement action may be taken under the Fines and
Penalties (Recovery) Act 2001.
(3) The infringement notice must include an appropriate form for
making the statement of election referred to in subregulation (2)(b).
20 Electronic payment and payment by cheque
(1) If the person uses electronic means to pay the prescribed amount,
payment is not effected until the amount is credited to the payee's
bank account.
(2) If the person tenders a cheque in payment of the prescribed
amount, payment is not effected unless the cheque is cleared on
first presentation.
21 Withdrawal of infringement notice
(1) The Minister or the Chair of the Development Consent Authority
may withdraw an infringement notice, issued in the name of the
Minister or Development Consent Authority respectively, by written
notice given to the person.
(2) The notice must be given:
(a) within 28 days after the infringement notice is given to the
person; and
(b) before payment of the prescribed amount.
22 Application of Part
(1) This Part does not prejudice or affect the start or continuation of
proceedings for an infringement notice offence for which an
infringement notice was given unless the offence is expiated.
(2) This Part does not:
(a) require an infringement notice to be given; or
(b) affect the liability of a person to be prosecuted in a court for an
offence for which an infringement notice was not given; or
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(c) prevent more than one infringement notice for the same
offence being given to a person.
(3) If more than one infringement notice for the same offence was
given to a person, the person may expiate the offence by paying
the prescribed amount in accordance with any of the notices.
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Schedule Infringement notice offences and prescribed
amounts
regulation 17
Provision of Act Prescribed amount (penalty units)
for individual for body corporate
section 75(2) 4 20
section 75A(2) 4 20
section 75B(2) 4 20
section 75C(2) 4 20
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ENDNOTES
1 KEY
Key to abbreviations
amd = amended od = order
app = appendix om = omitted
bl = by-law pt = Part
ch = Chapter r = regulation/rule
cl = clause rem = remainder
div = Division renum = renumbered
exp = expires/expired rep = repealed
f = forms s = section
Gaz = Gazette sch = Schedule
hdg = heading sdiv = Subdivision
ins = inserted SL = Subordinate Legislation
lt = long title sub = substituted
nc = not commenced
2 LIST OF LEGISLATION
Planning Regulations (SL No. 16, 2000)
Notified 12 April 2000
Commenced 12 April 2000
Amendment of Planning Regulations (SL No. 9, 2004)
Notified 31 March 2004
Commenced 31 March 2004
Planning Amendment (Exempt Subdivisions) Regulations 2005 (SL No. 11, 2005)
Notified 18 May 2005
Commenced 18 May 2005
Planning Amendment (Miscellaneous Matters) Regulations 2005 (SL No. 32, 2005)
Notified 21 September 2005
Commenced 30 September 2005 (r 2, s 2 Planning Amendment Act 2005
(Act No. 12, 2005) and Gaz G39, 28 September 2005, p 4)
Planning Amendment (Third Party Appeals) Regulations 2006 (SL No. 45, 2006)
Notified 20 December 2006
Commenced 1 February 2007 (Gaz S1, 1 February 2007)
Planning Amendment (Development Applications) Regulations 2008 (SL No. 5, 2008)
Notified 23 April 2008
Commenced 1 July 2008 (r 2, s 2 Planning Amendment (Development
Applications) Act 2008 (Act No. 4, 2008) and Gaz S32,
1 July 2008)
Planning Amendment Regulations 2009 (SL No. 24, 2009)
Notified 26 June 2009
Commenced 1 July 2009 (r 2, s 2 Unit Title Schemes Act 2009 (Act No. 14,
2009) and Gaz S30, 26 June 2009, p 1)
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Planning Amendment Regulations (No. 2) 2009 (SL No. 25, 2009)
Notified 26 June 2009
Commenced 26 June 2009
Planning Amendment (Exempt Subdivisions) Regulations 2011 (SL No. 57, 2011)
Notified 20 December 2011
Commenced 20 December 2011
Penalties Amendment (Miscellaneous) Act 2013 (Act No. 23, 2013)
Assent date 12 July 2013
Commenced 28 August 2013 (Gaz G35, 28 August 2013, p 2)
Planning Amendment Regulations 2013 (SL No. 47, 2013)
Notified 19 December 2013
Commenced 19 December 2013
Planning Amendment Regulations 2014 (SL No. 12, 2014)
Notified 16 April 2014
Commenced 1 May 2014 (r 2, s 2 Planning Amendment (Concurrent
Applications) Act 2014 (Act No. 8, 2014) and Gaz G17,
30 April 2014, p 4)
Northern Territory Civil and Administrative Tribunal (Conferral of Jurisdiction
Amendments) (No. 2) Act 2014 (Act No. 35, 2014)
Assent date 13 November 2014
Commenced pts 4, 9, 10 and 19: 1 June 2015 (Gaz S53, 29 May 2015,
p 2); rem: 1 January 2015 (Gaz G51, 24 December 2014, p 7)
Planning Amendment Regulations 2015 (SL No. 23, 2015)
Notified 7 October 2015
Commenced 7 October 2015
Planning Amendment (Forestry) Regulations 2015 (SL No. 38, 2015)
Notified 23 December 2015
Commenced 23 December 2015
Planning Legislation Amendment Act 2016 (Act No. 29, 2016)
Assent date 13 July 2016
Commenced 28 July 2016 (Gaz S76, 28 July 2016)
Planning Amendment Regulations 2018 (SL No. 14, 2018)
Notified 26 June 2018
Commenced 26 June 2018
Planning Amendment Regulations 2020 (SL No. 24, 2020)
Notified 31 July 2020
Commenced 31 July 2020 (r 2, s 2 Planning Amendment Act 2020 (Act
No. 19, 2020) and Gaz G30, 29 July 2020, p 1)
Statute Law Amendment (Territory Economic Reconstruction) Act 2021 (Act No. 19,
2021)
Assent date 31 August 2021
Commenced pt 6: 2 October 2021; rem: 29 September 2021 (Gaz G39,
29 September 2021, p 1)
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Statute Law Amendment (Territory Economic Reconstruction) Act 2022 (Act No. 5,
2022)
Assent date 14 April 2022
Commenced pt 7: nc; rem: 25 May 2022 (Gaz G21, 25 May 2022, p 1)
Planning Amendment Regulations 2023 (SL No. 9, 2023)
Date made 11 May 2023
Commenced 12 May 2023 (r 2)
Petroleum, Planning and Water Legislation Amendment Act 2025 (Act No. 7, 2025)
Assent date 7 April 2025
Commenced 8 April 2025 (s. 2)
3 GENERAL AMENDMENTS
General amendments of a formal nature (which are not referred to in the table
of amendments to this reprint) are made by the Interpretation Legislation
Amendment Act 2018 (Act No. 22, 2018) to: rr 1, 2, 3A, 3B, 5A, 8A and 8C.
4 LIST OF AMENDMENTS
pt 1 hdg ins No. 32, 2005, r 4
r 2A ins No. 24, 2020, r 4
amd Act No. 7, 2025, s 24
r 3 amd No. 9, 2004; No. 11, 2005, r 3; No. 57, 2011, r 3; No. 23, 2015, r 3;
No. 38, 2015, r 3
r 3A ins No. 25, 2009, r 3
amd No. 47, 2013, r 3; Act No. 29, 2016, s 14; No. 14, 2018, r 4; No. 9, 2023,
r 4
r 3B ins No. 23, 2015, r 4
r 3C ins Act No. 7, 2025, s 25
pt 2 hdg ins No. 32, 2005, r 5
rr 4 – 5 sub No. 32, 2005, r 6
r 5A ins No. 24, 2009, r 4
amd No. 12, 2014, r 4
r 6 amd No. 32, 2005, r 7; No. 5, 2008, r 5
sub No. 24, 2020, r 5
r 6A ins No. 24, 2020, r 5
amd Act No. 19, 2021, s 96
r 6B ins Act No. 24, 2020, r 5
amd Act No. 19, 2021, s 97
r 7 amd No. 5, 2008, r 5
sub No. 24, 2020, r5
amd Act No. 19, 2021, s 98; Act No. 5, 2022, s 117
r 8 amd No. 32, 2005, r 8; Act No. 23, 2013, s 12
sub No. 24, 2020, r 5
r 8A ins No. 5, 2008, r 4
amd No. 24, 2009, r 5
sub No. 24, 2020, r 5
amd Act No. 5, 2022, s 118
r 8B ins No. 5, 2008, r 4
sub No. 24, 2020, r 5
rep Act No. 19, 2021, s 99
r 8C ins No. 24, 2009, r 6
amd No.12, 2014, r 5
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Planning Regulations 2000 20
r 9 sub No. 24, 2020, r 6
pt 3 hdg ins No. 32, 2005, r 9
pt 4 hdg ins No. 32, 2005, r 10
sub No. 45, 2006, r 4
amd Act No. 35, 2014, s 143
rep Act No. 7, 2025, s 26
r 12 ins No. 32, 2005, r 10
sub No. 45, 2006, r 4
rep No. 24, 2020, r 7
r 13 ins No. 32, 2005, r 10
sub No. 45, 2006, r 4
amd No. 5, 2008, r 5; No. 24, 2020, r 8
rep Act No. 7, 2025, s 26
r 13A ins No. 24, 2020, r 9
rep Act No. 7, 2025, s 26
r 14 ins No. 32, 2005, r 10
sub No. 45, 2006, r 4
amd Act No. 35, 2014, s 143; No. 24, 2020, r 10; Act No. 5, 2022, s 119
rep Act No. 7, 2025, s 26
r 15 ins No. 32, 2005, r 10
sub No. 45, 2006, r 4
amd Act No. 35, 2014, s 143; No. 24, 2020, r 11
rep Act No. 7, 2025, s 26
pt 5 hdg ins No. 24, 2020, r 12
r 15A ins Act No. 5, 2022, s 120
r 16 ins No. 24, 2020, r 12
amd Act No. 5, 2022, s 121
pt 6 hdg ins No. 24, 2020, r 12
rr 17 – 22 ins No. 24, 2020, r 12
sch 1 – 2 ins No. 32, 2005, r 10
rep No. 45, 2006, r 5
sch ins No. 24, 2020, r 12