Municipal councils to apply for authorisation to prepare amendments for their municipal districts
16F Municipal councils to apply for authorisation to prepare amendments for their municipal districts
A municipal council must not prepare an amendment to the State standard provisions or the local provisions of a planning scheme in force in its municipal district unless it has applied to the Minister under this section and the Minister has authorised it to do so.
Note
A municipal council may prepare an amendment without authorisation in certain circumstances—see section 16H.
An application under this section must be made in accordance with the regulations and contain the information required by the Minister.
S. 16G inserted by No. 6/2025 s. 125.
This provision refers to the regulations (the regulations
). Made under this Act:
- Planning and Environment (Fees) Regulations 2016 · under section 203
- Planning and Environment Interim Regulations 2026 · under section 202
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