Regional Planning Interests Act 2014

This section applies for any provision of this Act.

A reference to an application for a resource authority includes a reference to an application for any of the following for an existing resource authority—

an amendment;

a renewal;

a re-grant.

A reference to an application for an environmental authority includes a reference to an application for a major amendment to the environmental authority.

For a provision about an assessment application—

a reference to the applicant, or to a person who may make an application, includes a reference to the following—

the person who has made or may make the application;

anyone else in whom the benefit of the application vests from time to time; and

a reference to the land is a reference to the land the subject of the application; and

if the application is about a resource activity or regulated activity—a reference to the activity is a reference to the activity the subject of the application; and

a reference to the regional interests development approval is a reference to the approval issued, or that may be issued, as a result of the application.

For a provision about a decision, a reference to the land is a reference to the land the subject of the decision.

For a provision about a regional interests development approval, resource authority or environmental authority, a reference to the land is a reference to the land the subject of the approval or authority, or to which it attaches.

In a provision about a resource activity or a regulated activity in an area of regional interest, or having an impact on an area of regional interest, a reference to an area of regional interest is, for the strategic cropping area, a reference to an area that is in the strategic cropping area.

In this section—

an assessment level decision for the application has been made under the Environmental Protection Act, section 228; and

the decision is that the proposed amendment is a major amendment under that Act.