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Standard Instrument (Local Environmental Plans) Order 2006
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#### 2 Purpose of Order
2 Purpose of Order
> This Order prescribes the form and content of a principal local environmental plan for an area for the purposes of section 3.20 of the [Environmental Planning and Assessment Act 1979](/view/html/inforce/current/act-1979-203).
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> Note.
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> Under section 3.20 of the Act, an environmental planning instrument may be made in the form of—
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> > (a) a declaration that the applicable mandatory provisions of a standard instrument are adopted, and
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> > (b) the prescription of matters required to be prescribed for the purposes of the application of the mandatory provisions, and
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> > (c) the prescription of other permitted matters.
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> **cl 2:** Am 2019 (620), Sch 1\[1\] \[2\].