Minister may direct Authority
85 Minister may direct Authority
The Minister may direct the Development Consent Authority generally or in respect of a particular matter other than:
the determination of a particular development application; or
the contents of any report or recommendation the Authority is required to provide under this Act.
The Development Consent Authority, in the performance of its functions and the exercise of its powers, is subject to a direction of the Minister under subsection (1).
At any time before the Development Consent Authority has served a notice under section 53B or 53C in respect of a particular development application made to it, the Minister may direct the
Development Consent Authority that the Minister is the consent authority in relation to the development application.
If the Minister directs the Development Consent Authority under subsection (3), the Development Consent Authority must, as soon as practicable, forward to the Minister the particular development application and all submissions and other documents in relation to the application.
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