Australian Capital Territory Numbered Acts

LAND (PLANNING AND ENVIRONMENT) (NO. 71 OF 1996) - SECT 18

18. Section 284 of the Principal Act is repealed and the following section substituted:

“284. Where a person appeals, or purports to appeal, under this Act—

        (a)     to the Administrative Appeals Tribunal; or

        (b)     against a determination or decision of the Administrative Appeals Tribunal to the Supreme Court;

and it appears to the Tribunal or Court, as the case may be—

        (c)     that the appeal, or purported appeal, or the decision, or the purported decision, against which the appeal, or purported appeal, has been brought is affected by a failure to comply with a requirement of this Act; and

        (d)     that to exercise the powers conferred by this section would not be unjust or inequitable;

the Tribunal or Court may order that, subject to any specified conditions, the requirement concerned be dispensed with to the necessary extent.”.