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A notification under section 7.38(4) of the Act of the Planning Secretary’s proposal to include the whole or any part of a council’s area in a development area must be given by instrument in writing posted or delivered to the councils concerned.
(1) Pursuant to section 4.16(11) of the Act, a development application in relation to any land zoned IN1 General Industrial under State Environmental Planning Policy (Western Sydney Employment Area) 2009 must not be determined by the consent authority unless a contributions plan under section 7.18 of the Act has been approved for the land to which the application relates.
(2) Despite subclause (1), a consent authority may dispense with the need for a contributions plan referred to in that subclause if—
(b) the developer has entered into an agreement with the consent authority with respect to the matters that may be the subject of a contributions plan.
For the purposes of section 4.14(1)(a) of the Act, the version of the document entitled Planning for Bush Fire Protection with ISBN 978 0 646 99126 9 and dated November 2019 is prescribed.
(1) Development comprising the erection, on land in an urban release area, of a building that is, or is ancillary to, a dual occupancy, dwelling house or secondary dwelling is excluded from the application of section 4.14 of the Act if—
(a) the consent authority has been provided with a bush fire safety authority for the subdivision of the land that—
(i) was in force on the date on which the development application for the development was duly lodged, and
(ii) was issued no more than 5 years before that date, and
(b) the consent authority is satisfied that the proposed development complies with standards (concerning setbacks, asset protection zones, provision of water supply or other matters) specified in the bush fire safety authority that are relevant to that development, and
(c) the consent authority has been provided with a copy of a plan of subdivision that—
(i) shows bush fire attack levels for the land, and
(ii) contains a notation from the NSW Rural Fire Service showing that the plan was considered when the application for the bush fire safety authority was determined under the Rural Fires Act 1997, and
(iii) accompanies a certificate (a post-subdivision bush fire attack level certificate) to the effect that, when the certificate was issued, the bush fire attack level of the part of the land on which the development is proposed to be carried out corresponded to the bush fire attack level shown on the plan and that part of the land was not in bush fire attack level–40 (BAL–40) or the flame zone (BAL–FZ).
(2) The post-subdivision bush fire attack level certificate must—
(a) specify the address and formal particulars of title of the land to which it relates, and
(b) specify the date on which it was issued, and
(c) contain identifying particulars of the bush fire safety authority, and
(d) if the subdivision to which the bush fire safety authority relates required development consent—contain identifying particulars of that development consent (such as the name of the applicable consent authority or certifier, the date on which the consent was granted or issued and any registered number of the consent).
(3) A post-subdivision bush fire attack level certificate may only be issued by the NSW Rural Fire Service or a recognised consultant.
(4) If an application for a post-subdivision bush fire attack level certificate is made to the NSW Rural Fire Service, it must be accompanied by the fee determined by the NSW Rural Fire Service.
(5) The maximum fee that the NSW Rural Fire Service may charge for the application is as follows—
(a) if the application relates to a single lot or proposed lot—$500, or
(b) if the application relates to 2 to 10 lots or proposed lots—$500, plus $300 for each lot or proposed lot exceeding 1 lot, or
(c) if the application relates to 11 or more lots or proposed lots—$3,200, plus $150 for each lot or proposed lot exceeding 10 lots.
(6) A recognised consultant must, within 7 days after issuing a post-subdivision bush fire attack level certificate, forward it to the Commissioner of the NSW Rural Fire Service.
(7) The methodology for determining bush fire attack levels, for the purposes of this clause, is the methodology specified in Planning for Bush Fire Protection ISBN 978 0 646 99126 9 dated November 2019.
AS 3959:2018 means the Australian Standard AS 3959:2018, Construction of buildings in bushfire-prone areas.
bush fire attack level has the same meaning as in AS 3959:2018.
bush fire attack level–40 (BAL–40) and flame zone (BAL–FZ) have the same meanings as in Appendix G to AS 3959:2018.
More information about bush fire attack levels, including the flame zone, can be found in Table A1.7 of Planning for Bush Fire Protection ISBN 978 0 646 99126 9 dated November 2019.
bush fire safety authority has the same meaning as in Division 8 of Part 4 of the Rural Fires Act 1997.
dual occupancy, dwelling house and secondary dwelling have the same meanings as in the Standard Instrument.
recognised consultant means a person recognised by the NSW Rural Fire Service as a qualified consultant in bush fire risk assessment.
urban release area means land that is shown as being within an urban release area on the series of maps marked “Bush Fire Planning—Urban Release Area Map” (approved by the Planning Secretary, by notice published in the Gazette, and held in the head office of the Department), as amended by the maps (or specified sheets of maps) that are—
(a) approved by the Planning Secretary, by notice published in the Gazette, and
(b) marked as specified in that notice, and
(c) held in the head office of the Department.
(1) For the purposes of section 10.3(2A) of the Act, the Commissioner of the NSW Rural Fire Service may review the designation of land on a bush fire prone land map, and revise the map accordingly, if the land is in an urban release area (within the meaning of clause 273) and the Commissioner is of the opinion that the map needs to be revised—
(a) so that land on which the risk of bush fire is low is no longer recorded on the map as bush fire prone land, or
(b) so that land on which the bush fire risk is not low is recorded on the map as bush fire prone land, or
(c) to correct, or to record changes to, other information relating to land that is shown on the map.
(2) For the purposes of forming an opinion under this clause, the Commissioner of the NSW Rural Fire Service may have regard to a post-subdivision bush fire attack level certificate applying in relation to the land or any other evidence that the Commissioner considers to be relevant.
An amendment made to clause 272 or 273 by the Environmental Planning and Assessment Amendment (Planning for Bush Fire Protection) Regulation 2020 does not apply to a development application made (but not determined) before 1 March 2020.
(1) Pursuant to section 4.12(1) of the Act, a person cannot apply to a consent authority for consent to carry out development on land zoned “Employment” or “Urban” under Sydney Regional Environmental Plan No 30—St Marys unless the Minister has, in accordance with clause 7 of that plan, declared the land, or land that includes the land, to be a release area.
(2) Subclause (1) does not apply to development referred to in clause 20(3) or (4) or 48 of Sydney Regional Environmental Plan No 30—St Marys.
(2) Pursuant to section 4.12(1) of the Act, a person cannot apply to a consent authority for consent to carry out development of a kind referred to in subclause (3) on land within a precinct of a growth centre that the Minister has declared under clause 276 to be released for urban development unless the application is accompanied by an assessment of the consistency of the proposed development with the relevant growth centre structure plan.
(3) Subclause (2) applies to the carrying out of development (not being for a single residential dwelling)—
(4) This clause does not apply to land to which clause 17 of the State Environmental Planning Policy (Sydney Region Growth Centres) 2006 does not apply.
(1) For the purposes of section 4.12 of the Act, a person cannot apply to a consent authority for consent to carry out development on land within the North Wilton Precinct or the South East Wilton Precinct unless the application is accompanied by an assessment of the consistency of the proposed development with the relevant structure plans.
North Wilton Precinct and South East Wilton Precinct have the same meanings as in State Environmental Planning Policy (Sydney Region Growth Centres) 2006.
relevant structure plans means—
(a) in relation to the North Wilton Precinct—the North Wilton structure plans within the meaning of Appendix 15 (North Wilton Precinct Plan) to State Environmental Planning Policy (Sydney Region Growth Centres) 2006, and
(b) in relation to the South East Wilton Precinct—the South East Wilton structure plans within the meaning of Appendix 14 (South East Wilton Precinct Plan) to State Environmental Planning Policy (Sydney Region Growth Centres) 2006.
For declarations under this subclause, see Gazettes No 1 of 5.1.2007, p 4; No 76 of 27.6.2008, p 6368; No 13 of 16.1.2009, p 331; No 50 of 6.3.2009, p 1318; No 152 of 23.10.2009, p 5479; No 105 of 20.8.2010, p 3919; No 79 of 5.8.2011, p 5130; No 124 of 23.11.2012, p 4808; No 57 of 10.5.2013, p 1662; No 97 of 2.8.2013, p 3613; No 76 of 12.9.2014, p 3053; No 88 of 9.10.2015, p 3180; No 70 of 2.9.2016, p 2383; No 56 of 26.5.2017, p 1782 and No 126 of 24.11.2017, p 7207.
(3) The Minister is to consult—
(1) For the purpose of the definition of public authority in section 1.4(1) of the Act, Australian Rail Track Corporation Ltd is prescribed, but only so as—
(b) to allow the corporation to be a determining authority within the meaning of Part 5 of the Act for—
(3) For the purpose of the definition of public authority in section 1.4(1) of the Act, a Port Operator (within the meaning of State Environmental Planning Policy (Three Ports) 2013) is prescribed, but only so as to allow the Port Operator to be a determining authority within the meaning of Part 5 of the Act for development that is permitted without consent under that Policy on unzoned land or land in the Lease Area (within the meaning of that Policy) of the port concerned.
(4) For the purpose of the definition of public authority in section 1.4(1) of the Act, the following universities are prescribed, but only so as to allow each university to be a determining authority within the meaning of Part 5 of the Act for development that is permitted without consent on land vested in, leased by or otherwise under the control or management of the university, under a provision of State Environmental Planning Policy (Infrastructure) 2007 or State Environmental Planning Policy (Educational Establishments and Child Care Facilities) 2017—
(h) University of Technology Sydney,
(i) Western Sydney University,
(5) For the purpose of the definition of public authority in section 1.4(1) of the Act, an authorised network operator under the Electricity Network Assets (Authorised Transactions) Act 2015 is prescribed, but only so as to allow the authorised network operator to be a determining authority within the meaning of Part 5 of the Act for development for the purposes of an electricity transmission or distribution network (within the meaning of State Environmental Planning Policy (Infrastructure) 2007) operated or to be operated by the authorised network operator and that is—
(6) For the purpose of the definition of public authority in section 1.4(1) of the Act, the proprietor of a registered non-government school is prescribed as a public authority (subject to subclause (7)), but only so as—
(a) to enable the proprietor to be treated as a public authority in relation to development in connection with the school that is exempt development under clause 18 of State Environmental Planning Policy (Educational Establishments and Child Care Facilities) 2017, and
(b) to allow the proprietor to be a determining authority within the meaning of Part 5 of the Act for development that is permitted without consent under clause 36 of that Policy on land in a prescribed zone (within the meaning of clause 33 of that Policy).
(7) Subclause (6) does not apply to a proprietor of a registered non-government school that the Planning Secretary determines is a school to which that subclause does not apply.
(8) The Planning Secretary may vary or revoke a determination under subclause (7).
(9) A determination under subclause (7), or a variation or revocation of a determination, takes effect when notice of it is published in the Gazette or on such later date as is specified in the determination, variation or revocation.
(10) For the purpose of the definition of public authority in section 1.4(1) of the Act, the Regulatory Authority for New South Wales under the Children (Education and Care Services) National Law (NSW) (as declared by section 9 of the Children (Education and Care Services National Law Application) Act 2010) is prescribed as a public authority, but only for the purposes of section 3.18(2) of the Act.
Section 3.18(2) of the Act allows an environmental planning instrument to provide that a development application must not be determined by the granting of consent except with the concurrence of a Minister or public authority specified in the instrument.
(11) To avoid doubt, a Minister of the Government of New South Wales is, for the purposes of the definition of public authority in section 1.4(1) of the Act, prescribed as a public authority in relation to section 4.5(c) of the Act.
(1) Any assessment to be made on a council under section 7.42(1) of the Act is to be made in accordance with the following formula—
Total assessment represents the total assessment for the development area, as referred to in section 7.42(1) of the Act.
(4) For the purposes of section 7.42(4) of the Act, the prescribed day is the day occurring 3 months after notice of the assessment is served on the council.
(1) The prescribed matters to be specified in a certificate under section 10.7(2) of the Act are the matters set out in Schedule 4.
(2) A certificate under section 10.7(2) of the Act may be issued containing only the information set out in clause 3 of Schedule 4.
(1) An application for a building certificate in relation to the whole or a part of a building may be made to the council by—
(3) Despite subclause (1)(a), the consent in writing of the owner of the building or part is not required if the applicant is a public authority and the public authority has, before making the application, served a copy of the application on the owner.
A building certificate must contain the following information—
(c) a statement to the effect that the council is satisfied as to the matters specified in section 6.25(1) of the Act,
(d) a statement that describes the effect of the certificate in the same terms as, or in substantially similar terms to, section 6.25 of the Act,
(1) If a consent authority (other than a council) proposes to give an order under Division 2A of Part 6 of the Act in relation to building work or subdivision work for which the consent authority is not the principal certifier, the consent authority must give the principal certifier notice of its intention to give the order.
(2) A notice required to be given under subclause (1) by a consent authority or under clause 9(2) of Schedule 5 to the Act by a council must be given within 7 days after the notice of intention to give the order concerned is given under section 121H(1) of the Act.
(1) For the purposes of clause 37(6)(b) of Schedule 5 to the Act, a compliance cost notice must contain the following—
(a) details of the development to which the notice relates (including the address of the development),
(b) the name of the person to whom the notice is issued,
(c) the amount required to be paid under the notice,
(d) the period within which the amount is to be paid,
(e) the person to whom payment is to be made,
(f) the method by which payment is to be made,
(g) details of the costs and expenses claimed under the notice, including details of the relevant tasks undertaken, the hours spent completing those tasks, the relevant salary rates of the persons who have undertaken those tasks and any relevant out of pocket expenses,
(h) information setting out how a person may appeal against the notice under section 8.24 of the Act,
(i) details of the action that may be taken against a person to recover the amount specified in the notice if it is not paid before the end of the period allowed for payment.
(2) The notice must be accompanied by a copy of the order to which the notice relates.
(1) The maximum amount that may be required to be paid under a compliance cost notice in respect of any costs or expenses relating to an investigation that leads to the giving of an order is $1,000.
(2) The maximum amount that may be required to be paid under a compliance cost notice in respect of any costs or expenses relating to the preparation or serving of the notice of the intention to give an order is $500.
The Planning Secretary is a prescribed officer for the certification of documents under section 10.8(1) of the Act.
offence provision means a provision of this Regulation that is prescribed in Schedule 5 as a penalty notice offence in relation to an offence under this clause.
(2) A person who contravenes an offence provision is guilty of an offence.
Maximum penalty—$110,000.
(1) For the purposes of section 9.58 of the Act—
(b) the prescribed penalty for such an offence is the amount specified in—
(i) if the person alleged to have committed the offence is an individual—Column 2 of Schedule 5, or
(ii) if the person alleged to have committed the offence is a corporation—Column 3 of Schedule 5.
(3) The following persons are declared to be authorised persons for the purposes of section 9.58 of the Act—
(b) any person (including a person employed in the Department) who is generally or specially authorised by the Planning Secretary to be an authorised person for those purposes,
(d) any police officer,
(e) any authorised fire officer (being an authorised fire officer within the meaning of section 9.35(1)(d) of the Act).
(4) Despite subclause (3), only the persons referred to in subclause (3)(a) and (b) are declared to be authorised persons for the purposes of section 9.58 of the Act for the following offences—
(a) an offence under the Act in relation to a contravention of section 109D(2) or (3), 109E(3)(d), 109F(1)(b), 109H(3)(a) or (b), (4)(a), (5)(a) or (b) or (6)(a), 109J(1)(a), (b), (e), (f) or (g), or (2)(a), 5.14(1) or (2) or 10.4(11), or
(b) an offence under clause 283A in relation to a contravention of clause 126(2), 130(3) or (4), 134(1), (2) or (2A), 138(1), (2) or (3), 142(1) or (2), 143A(2), 144(2), (5), (6) or (7), 146, 147(1) or (2), 151(1) or (2), 152(3), 153(1) or (2), 154A(2), 154B(2), 154C(1), 155(1) or (2), 157(5), 160(1) or (2), 162(1), 162B(1) or (2), 162C(4) or (5)(a) or (b), 227A(2) or 244P(1)(d).
(5) Despite subclause (3), an authorised fire officer is declared to be an authorised person for the purposes of section 9.58 of the Act only in respect of the following—
(a) an offence under section 9.37 of the Act in relation to a contravention of an order under Part 2 of Schedule 5 to the Act, where the order was given by an authorised fire officer,
(b) an offence under clause 283A in relation to a contravention of clause 183(1), 184(a), (b) or (c), 185(b), 186(a), (b) or (c), 186S or 186T,
(c) an offence referred to in section 6.34 of the Act in relation to a contravention of clause 186A(2), (3), (4), (5) or (6), 186AA(2) or 186C(1) or (1A).
(1) For the purposes of clause 35(1)(b) of Schedule 5 to the Act, backpackers’ accommodation and boarding houses are prescribed.
(2) For the purposes of clause 35(10) of Schedule 5 to the Act, the making of utilities orders for premises used as boarding houses is authorised.
(3) In this clause, backpackers’ accommodation and boarding house have the same meaning as they have in the Standard Instrument.
For the purposes of section 9.56(2A) of the Act, Part 8.3 (Court orders in connection with offences) of the Protection of the Environment Operations Act 1997 applies subject to the following modifications—
(a) references in that Part to preventing, controlling, abating or mitigating any harm to the environment caused by the commission of the offence are taken to include a reference to reversing or rectifying any unlawful development or activity related to the commission of the offence,
(b) the terms environment and public authority, when used in that Part, have the same meaning as they have in the Environmental Planning and Assessment Act 1979,
(c) references in that Part to a “regulatory authority” or “the EPA” are to be read as references to a “public authority”,
(d) the reference to the Environment Trust established under the Environmental Trust Act 1998 in section 250(1)(e) is to be disregarded,
(e) the maximum penalty for an offence under section 251 of failing to comply with an order is—
(i) in the case of a corporation—“$50,000”, and
(ii) in the case of an individual—“$10,000”.
(1) The matters specified in this clause are declared to be the provision of information in connection with a planning matter for the purposes of section 10.6 of the Act.
(2) The provision of information in response to a requirement imposed by any of the following conditions (except a condition imposed under section 9.40 of the Act)—
(a) a condition of development consent,
(b) a condition of an approval to carry out a project that is a transitional Part 3A project (as defined in clause 2 of Schedule 2 to the Environmental Planning and Assessment (Savings, Transitional and Other Provisions) Regulation 2017),
(c) a condition of an approval to carry out State significant infrastructure under Division 5.2 of the Act.
(3) The provision of information in or for the purposes of a submission in response to the public exhibition of any of the following documents—
(a) a draft strategic plan,
(b) a planning proposal,
(c) an environmental impact statement,
(d) a development application, an application for approval to carry out State significant infrastructure or any request or application to modify or amend an approval or development consent,
(e) any other plan, policy, strategy or document publicly exhibited for a planning purpose by the Department or a local council.
Section 93E(2) of the Act, as inserted by the Environmental Planning and Assessment Amendment (Development Contributions) Act 2005, extends to money paid under Division 6 of Part 4 of the Act before its substitution by that Act.
(2) The amendments to this Regulation made by the amending Regulation do not affect any—
(a) application for development consent in respect of an existing use—
(ii) made on or after the commencement of the amending Regulation that relates to—
(1) To the extent that any development that is to be carried out at the Sydney Opera House is development to which Part 4 of the Act applies, the provisions of the Management Plan for the Sydney Opera House are prescribed for the purposes of section 4.15(1)(a)(iv) of the Act as a matter that must be taken into consideration by the consent authority in determining a development application in respect of that development.
(2) To the extent that any development that is to be carried out at the Sydney Opera House is a project to which Part 3A of the Act applies, the Planning Secretary’s report under section 75I of the Act in relation to the project must include—
Section 75J(2) of the Act requires the Minister to consider the Planning Secretary’s report (and the reports, advice and recommendations contained in it) when deciding whether or not to approve the carrying out of a project.
Sydney Opera House means the land identified on Map 1 to Schedule 3 to State Environmental Planning Policy (Major Development) 2005.
(1) This clause applies to the XI Federation of International Polo World Polo Championship Sydney 2017, which is declared to be a major event under the Major Events Act 2009.
See clause 6 of the Major Events Regulation 2017, which declares the XI Federation of International Polo World Polo Championship Sydney 2017 to be a major event and specifies that the declaration is in force from 9 October 2017 until 5 November 2017.
(2) Development for the purposes of a major event to which this clause applies during the period for which the declaration of the major event is in force—
(a) is not development for the purposes of the definition of development in section 4(1) of the Act, and
(b) is not an activity for the purposes of paragraph (k) of the definition of activity in section 110(1) of the Act.
(3) Subclause (2) extends to car parking required by, or associated with, the major event referred to in subclause (1) on the contingency parking site.
(4) In this clause, contingency parking site means the land shown edged heavy black on the XI FIP World Polo Championship Contingency Parking Site Map.
(5) A reference in this clause to a named map is a reference to a map of that name in force on the commencement of this clause and held in the Department of Planning and Environment.
(1) In this clause and clause 289A—
(2) Adoption of model provisions An environmental planning instrument made after the commencement of the repeal of section 33 of the Act by Schedule 2 to the 2005 Amending Act (but initiated before that commencement) may, despite the repeal of that section, adopt model provisions made under that section as in force immediately before its repeal. Accordingly, those model provisions continue in force for the purposes of any environmental planning instrument that adopts them and clause 93(2) of Schedule 6 to the Act extends to those provisions.
(3) For the purposes of subclause (2), an environmental planning instrument is taken to have been initiated if the relevant council (or the Planning Secretary, as the case requires) has resolved to make the instrument.
(4) Pending development control plans Clause 94(1) of Schedule 6 to the Act extends to a development control plan that was approved before 30 September 2005 but did not take effect until after that date.
(6) Existing section 117(2) directions continue to apply to draft plans Despite clause 96(2) of Schedule 6 to the Act, a direction given under section 117(2) of the Act before the commencement of Schedule 2 to the 2005 Amending Act continues in force in relation to a draft local environmental plan only if the draft plan—
(a) is submitted to the Planning Secretary under section 68(4) of the Act before 31 December 2006, or
(7) Master plans under epis made before 31 December 2005 A reference in clause 95(2) of Schedule 6 to the Act to a provision of an environmental planning instrument that requires, before the grant of development consent, a master plan for the land concerned extends to a provision of that kind in an environmental planning instrument that is made before 31 December 2005.
(1) This clause applies to a development control plan—
(2) Section 74C of the Act (as inserted by the 2005 Amending Act) does not render invalid any provision of a development control plan to which this clause applies until—
(a) the principal local environmental planning instrument applying to the land to which the development control plan applies adopts the provisions of a standard instrument as referred to in section 33A of the Act, or
(b) in the case of a provision that is not inconsistent with, and capable of operating in conjunction with, the principal local environmental planning instrument—6 months after that day.
(3) This clause has effect despite clause 94(2) of Schedule 6 to the Act.
(2) Section 83C(1) of the Act does not apply to any provision of an environmental planning instrument (as in force as at the commencement of this clause) that requires the making of a comprehensive development application that is taken to be a staged development application.
(1) Clause 130(2A) applies to a complying development certificate only if the application for the certificate was made after 1 March 2008.
(3) Clause 153A applies to an occupation certificate only if the application for the certificate was made after 1 March 2008 and the certificate is for a building resulting from building work in respect of which a compliance certificate under clause 130(2A) or 144A is required.
(4) In relation to building work or a building to which clause 130(2A), 144A or 153A does not apply immediately before 1 March 2011 because of the operation of clause 130(2B) or 144A(2), subclauses (1)–(3) have effect as if a reference to 1 March 2008 were a reference to 1 March 2011.
(1) The amendment made to clause 25E by the Environmental Planning and Assessment Amendment (Part 4A Certificates and DCPs) Regulation 2011 applies only in relation to planning agreements for which public notice is given under clause 25D on or after 25 February 2011.
(2) The amendments made to this Regulation by the Environmental Planning and Assessment Amendment (Part 4A Certificates and DCPs) Regulation 2011 apply only in relation to an application for a construction certificate, occupation certificate or subdivision certificate made on or after 25 February 2011.
(1) This clause applies on the repeal of the Environmental Planning and Assessment (Wagga Wagga Interim Joint Planning Panel) Order 2009, which constitutes the Wagga Wagga Interim Joint Planning Panel.
(2) Any function that the Wagga Wagga Interim Joint Planning Panel had under a direction made under section 54 of the Act is taken, on the repeal, to be a function of the Southern Region Joint Planning Panel, subject to any further direction by the Minister.
(3) Anything done or omitted by the Wagga Wagga Interim Joint Planning Panel in relation to an unresolved matter that, on the repeal, becomes a matter that can be determined by the Southern Region Joint Planning Panel, is taken to have been done or omitted by the Southern Region Joint Planning Panel.
(4) In this clause an unresolved matter means a matter that has not been finally determined by the Wagga Wagga Interim Joint Planning Panel.
The amendment made to clause 224 by the Environmental Planning and Assessment Further Amendment (Miscellaneous) Regulation 2018 applies to any of the following applications made, but not determined, on or before 1 September 2018—
(a) development applications,
(b) applications for a complying development certificate,
(c) applications for a construction certificate.
(1) For the purposes of section 8.22(2) of the Act, the period of 40 days after the date of the application to extend the period after which a development consent expires is prescribed.
(2) For the purposes of section 8.25(1)(b) of the Act, the period of 40 days after the following (whichever last occurs) is prescribed—
(a) the date of the application for the building information certificate,
(b) if the applicant receives a notice under section 6.26(2) of the Act to supply information—the date on which the information is supplied.
(1) This clause applies to public hearings or public meetings of planning bodies held during the prescribed period.
(2) The public hearing or public meeting must—
(a) be held by means of an audio link or audio visual link, and
(b) be able to be heard or viewed by electronic means by a member of the public at the time it is held.
(3) A notice of the public hearing or public meeting must include information about how a member of the public may hear or view the hearing or meeting.
(4) During the public hearing or public meeting, the planning body may adjourn the hearing or meeting to a specified time or date if the planning body considers the adjournment necessary.
(5) To avoid doubt, any notice required to be given of the public hearing or public meeting is not required to be given in respect of the adjournment.
(6) A requirement that a person attend the public hearing or public meeting is taken to be satisfied if the person participates by means of an audio link or audio visual link.
(7) Clause 25(3) of Schedule 2 to the Act applies to a public hearing of a planning body in the same way it applies to a public meeting of a planning body.
(8) This clause extends to all public hearings or public meetings of planning bodies held during the prescribed period regardless of whether the requirement to hold the hearing or meeting arose before the prescribed period.
(9) Despite subclause (8), a notice given before the commencement of this clause is not invalid because it does not include the matter required by subclause (3).
planning body has the same meaning as it has in Schedule 2 to the Act.
prescribed period has the same meaning as it has in section 10.17 of the Act.