Land (Planning and Environment) (Amendment) Act (No 2) 1997 (ACT)

AUSTRALIAN CAPITAL TERRITORY

Land (Planning and Environment) (Amendment) Act (No. 2) 1997

No. 116 of 1997

An Act to amend the Land (Planning and Environment) Act 1991

[Notified in ACT Gazette S420: 24 December 1997]

The Legislative Assembly for the Australian Capital Territory enacts as follows:

part i—PRELIMINARY

Short title

1.  This Act may be cited as the Land (Planning and Environment) (Amendment) Act (No. 2) 1997.

Commencement

2.  This Act commences on the day on which it is notified in the Gazette.

Principal Act

3.  In this Act, “Principal Act” means the Land (Planning and Environment) Act 1991. ¹

part iI—AMENDMENT OF THE PRINCIPAL ACT

Interpretation

4.  Section 222 of the Principal Act is amended—

(a)by omitting “175 (3) (b)” from subparagraph (e) (i) of the definition of “development” in subsection (1) and substituting “175 (3) (a)”; and

(b)by omitting “229A (1)” from paragraph (a) of the definition of “relevant authority” in subsection (1) and substituting “229A (3) or (4)”.

Objections—general

5.  Section 237 of the Principal Act is amended by adding at the end the following subsection:

“(4)  In this section—

‘person’ includes an unincorporated association.”.

Review—objectors, third parties

6.  Section 276 of the Principal Act is amended—

(a)by omitting from paragraph (1) (b) “rights” and substituting “interests”; and

(b)by adding at the end the following subsections:

“(8)In this section—

‘person’ includes an unincorporated association.

“(9)  For the purposes of this section, an organisation or association of persons, whether incorporated or not, shall be taken to have interests that are substantially and adversely affected by a decision if the decision relates to a matter included in the objects or purposes of the organisation or association.”.

NOTE

Principal Act

1. Reprinted as at 24 June 1997.

[Presentation speech made in Assembly on 9 April 1997]

©  Australian Capital Territory 1997