Australian Capital Territory Numbered Acts

LAND (PLANNING AND ENVIRONMENT) (NO. 85 OF 1996) - SECT 66

66. Section 243 of the Principal Act is amended—

    (a)     by omitting subsection (1) and substituting the following subsection:

“(1) Notwithstanding section 242, if a decision is made by a relevant authority to approve an application, being a decision in respect of which an application for review may be made to the Administrative Appeals Tribunal under section 276, the Minister shall—

        (a)     if the approval is in relation to an application to which subsection 229 (8) applies—publish notice of the decision in a daily newspaper; and

        (b)     give notice of the decision to—

              (i)     each person notified under paragraph 229 (1) (a); and

              (ii)     each person who objected under section 237 (1).”;

        (b)     by omitting from subparagraph (3) (a) (ii) “controlled activity” and substituting “development”;

    (c)     by omitting subsection (4) and substituting the following subsection:

“(4) If a decision is made by a relevant authority to refuse an application, the Minister shall give written notice of the decision to—

        (a)     the applicant;

        (b)     each person notified under paragraph 229 (1) (a); and

        (c)     each person who objected under subsection 237 (1).”; and

    (d)     by adding at the end the following subsection:

“(6) A notice under paragraph (1) (b) or subsection (4) shall comply with the requirements of the Code of Practice in force under subsection 25B (1) of the Administrative Appeals Tribunal Act 1989 .”.