Planning and Environment Court Amendment Rule (No. 1) 2000 (Qld)

Queensland Subordinate Legislation 2000 No. 76 Integrated Planning Act 1997 PLANNING AND ENVIRONMENT COURT AMENDMENT RULE (No. 1) 2000 TABLE OF PROVISIONS Section Page 1 Short title . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 2 Commencement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 3 Rules amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 4 Amendment of r 8 (Content of originating process) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 5 Amendment of r 11 (Originating application must be given to other parties) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 6 Insertion of new pt 1A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 PART 1A—DISCONTINUING AND WITHDRAWING PROCEEDINGS 11A Discontinuing and withdrawing proceedings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 7 Amendment of r 12 (Where proceeding is heard) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 8 Amendment of r 13 (Party may request hearing be transferred to other court) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 9 Amendment of r 15 (Entry of appearance) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 10 Amendment of r 16 (Preliminary steps) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 11 Amendment of r 17 (Court may excuse parties from taking preliminary steps) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 12 Amendment of r 20 (Orders or directions) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

s1 2 s4 Planning and Environment Court Amendment (No. 1) No. 76, 2000 ˙ Short title 1. This rule may be cited as the Planning and Environment Court Amendment Rule (No. 1) 2000 . ˙ Commencement 2. This rule commences on 1 May 2000. ˙ Rules amended 3. This rule amends the Planning and Environment Court Rules 1999 . ˙ Amendment of r 8 (Content of originating process) 4.(1) Rule 8(1), from ‘process’ to ‘Act,’— omit, insert— ‘application’. (2) Rule 8(2)— omit, insert— ‘ (2) A notice of appeal must name as respondents or co-respondents the persons who are respondents or co-respondents under the law that allows the appeal. 4 ’. (3) Rule 8(4)— omit, insert— ‘ (4) An originating application or notice of appeal must state— (a) the orders or other relief sought in the proceeding or appeal; and (b) the grounds on which the orders or other relief are sought.’. 4 See chapter 4, part 1, division 10 (Making an appeal to court) of the Act.

s5 3 s7 Planning and Environment Court Amendment (No. 1) No. 76, 2000 ˙ Amendment of r 11 (Originating application must be given to other parties) 5. Rule 11, footnote— omit . ˙ Insertion of new pt 1A 6. After part 1— insert — ‘ PART 1A—DISCONTINUING AND WITHDRAWING PROCEEDINGS ˙ ‘ Discontinuing and withdrawing proceedings ‘ 11A.(1) An applicant or appellant may discontinue a proceeding, or withdraw part of it, by filing in the court in which the originating process was filed— (a) a notice of discontinuance or withdrawal; and (b) an affidavit stating the date a copy of the notice was served on each active party in the proceeding. ‘ (2) If an active party wants to make an application to the court about the proceeding after being served with a copy of the notice, the active party must make the application within 14 days after being served with the copy. ‘ (3) If no applications are made to the court under subrule (2) within the 14 days mentioned in the subrule, the discontinuance or withdrawal takes effect at the end of the 14 days.’. ˙ Amendment of r 12 (Where proceeding is heard) 7. Rule 12(2)(a), ‘first court’— omit, insert— ‘court, on application made to it by a party,’.

s 8 4 s 10 Planning and Environment Court Amendment (No. 1) No. 76, 2000 ˙ Amendment of r 13 (Party may request hearing be transferred to other court) 8. Rule 13(3), after ‘court’— insert— ‘together with the written consent to the transfer signed by each active party’. ˙ Amendment of r 15 (Entry of appearance) 9.(1) Rule 15(1)— insert — ‘(c) a person not named as a respondent or co-respondent in a notice of appeal who, under a law, is entitled to elect to become a co- respondent in the appeal and wishes to be heard on the appeal.’. (2) Rule 15— insert — ‘ (3) A person mentioned in subrule (1)(c) is taken to have complied with subrule (2) if the person— (a) files a notice of election under section 4.1.45 5 of the Act; and (b) serves a copy of the notice on each other party.’. ˙ Amendment of r 16 (Preliminary steps) 10.(1) Rule 16, heading— omit, insert— ‘ Optional early settlement procedure ’. (2) Rule 16(4), ‘The’— omit, insert— ‘After the notice is filed, the’. 5 Section 4.1.45 (How a person may elect to be co-respondent)

s 11 5 s 12 Planning and Environment Court Amendment (No. 1) No. 76, 2000 (3) Rule 16(7), ‘decided’— omit, insert— ‘retained’. ˙ Amendment of r 17 (Court may excuse parties from taking preliminary steps) 11. Rule 17, heading, ‘ taking preliminary steps ’— omit, insert— ‘ optional early settlement procedure ’. ˙ Amendment of r 20 (Orders or directions) 12. Rule 20(4), ‘2’— omit, insert— ‘5’. ENDNOTES 1. Made by the Governor in Council on 27 April 2000. 2. Notified in the gazette on 28 April 2000. 3. Laid before the Legislative Assembly on . . . 4. The administering agency is the Department of Communication and Information, Local Government, Planning and Sport. © State of Queensland 2000