Electoral Act 1992

In this division:

a request, in any form, to a Minister or the territory planning authority to make a major plan amendment or minor plan amendment of the territory plan under the Planning Act 2023;

a development application under the Planning Act 2023;

a request under the Planning Act 2023, division 7.5.1 (Pre‑application matters);

an application for an environmental significance opinion under the Planning Act 2023, division 6.3.10 (Environmental significance opinions);

any other application, request or other action under the Planning Act 2023 prescribed by regulation.

However, a relevant planning application does not include a development application if the dominant purpose of the application is to provide—

residential premises to be occupied by the applicant; or

commercial premises to be occupied by the applicant to carry on business, and no substantial part of the premises are sold or leased to another person.

For subsection (1), a reference to an application, request or other action under the Planning Act 2023 includes a reference to the corresponding application, request or other action under the Planning and Development Act 2007 (repealed).

For subsection (2), if the applicant is a property developer, a reference to the applicant includes a close associate of the property developer.

Subsection (3) and this subsection expire 8 years after the day the Planning Act 2023, section 3 commences.

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