State Development and Public Works Organisation Act 1971

This section applies if, under section 56(1), the Minister directs the Coordinator-General to carry out a development investigation.

As soon as practicable after the Minister gives the direction, the Coordinator-General must give written notice (an affected person’s notice) about the development investigation to the following persons—

the Planning Act chief executive;

a local government whose local government area includes all or part of the land identified in the investigation notice for the development investigation;

each person who is responsible for operating existing infrastructure, or who is to be responsible for operating proposed infrastructure, identified in the investigation notice;

each proponent of the resources project the subject of the development investigation;

any other person prescribed by regulation.

The affected person’s notice must—

state that, under section 56(1), the Minister has given the Coordinator-General a direction to carry out an investigation in relation to infrastructure required by, or associated with, the resources project the subject of the investigation; and

identify the land on which the resources project is located, or is proposed to be located; and

identify any existing or proposed infrastructure that, under section 56(2), the Minister has directed the Coordinator-General to include in the investigation; and

state that division 4, subdivisions 1 and 2 apply in relation to the development assessment process for a relevant planning application during the pre-plan period for the development investigation.

Subsection (5) applies if the Planning Act chief executive is aware—

a relevant planning application was made before the pre-plan period started; and

the decision maker for the application has not received an affected person’s notice under subsection (2).

The Planning Act chief executive must give a copy of the affected person’s notice to the decision maker for the relevant planning application.