Planning and Environment Act 1987

The Minister may issue written directions to planning authorities in relation to the preparation and content of development contributions plans.

Without limiting subsection (1), the Minister's directions may—

specify the types of land to which a development contributions plan may or may not apply; and

set out the types of plan preparation costs, works, services or facilities for which a levy may or may not be imposed under a development contributions plan;

set out the types of plan preparation costs, works, services and facilities which may or may not be funded from a development infrastructure levy;

set out the types of plan preparation costs, works, services and facilities which may or may not be funded from a community infrastructure levy;

specify the means by which or the factors in relation to which the estimated cost of the works, services or facilities may or may not be calculated;

specify the means by which or the factors in relation to which the estimated total amount of a levy may or may not be calculated or determined;

specify the means by which or the factors in relation to which the amount of levy payable in respect of any development of land may or may not be calculated or determined;

subject to section 46L(1), specify standard levies for specified types or classes of types of plan preparation costs, works, services or facilities;

specify requirements for the staging and timing of the provision of works, services and facilities funded by a development contributions plan;

specify the maximum proportion of any development infrastructure levy or community infrastructure levy imposed under a development contributions plan that may be used to fund plan preparation costs in relation to that plan;

specify any other information to be included in a development contributions plan.

The Minister must cause notice to be published in the Government Gazette of all directions issued under this section.