Amendment of planning schemes
93 Amendment of planning schemes
In addition to any other powers to prepare or approve amendments to any planning scheme, the Minister administering the Planning and Environment Act 1987 may prepare and approve an amendment to any planning scheme to do any one or more of the following—
S. 93(1)(a) amended by Nos 46/1998 s. 7(Sch. 1), 77/2001 s. 32(4)(b), 6/2010 s. 203(1)(Sch. 6 item 36.2) (as amended by No. 45/2010 s. 22), 70/2013 s. 4(Sch. 2 item 38.4), 34/2023 s. 127(Sch. 1 item 9.10), 25/2025 s. 106(Sch. 1 item 33.3).
substitute a reference to a Minister, the Secretary to the Department of Transport and Planning, a port corporation, a channel operator, Safe Transport Victoria or a port operator for a reference to a port authority;
change the designation of land from being reserved or zoned for the purposes of a specified port authority to being reserved or zoned for general port purposes;
S. 93(1)(c) amended by Nos 46/1998 s. 7(Sch. 1), 77/2001 s. 32(4)(b), 6/2010 s. 203(1)(Sch. 6 item 36.2) (as amended by No. 45/2010 s. 22), 70/2013 s. 4(Sch. 2 item 38.4), 34/2023 s. 127(Sch. 1 item 9.10), 25/2025 s. 106(Sch. 1 item 33.3).
specify the Minister administering the Planning and Environment Act 1987, the Secretary to the Department of Transport and Planning, a port authority, a port corporation, a channel operator, Safe Transport Victoria, a municipal council or a port operator as a responsible authority for the administration or enforcement of the planning scheme or of a specified provision of the planning scheme;
S. 93(1)(d) amended by Nos 46/1998 s. 7(Sch. 1), 77/2001 s. 32(4)(b), 6/2010 s. 203(1)(Sch. 6 item 36.2) (as amended by No. 45/2010 s. 22), 70/2013 s. 4(Sch. 2 item 38.4), 34/2023 s. 127(Sch. 1 item 9.10), 25/2025 s. 106(Sch. 1 item 33.3).
specify a Minister, the Secretary to the Department of Transport and Planning, a port authority, a port corporation, a channel operator, Safe Transport Victoria or a port operator as a referral authority for applications of a specified kind;
provide that no permit is required to be obtained by a port authority, port corporation, channel operator or port operator for a use or development of land of a specified class;
zone or re-zone land forming part of port land or port waters and describe the objects and purposes of those zones and of particular use and development controls within those zones.
Subsection (1) authorises the preparation of only one amendment to each existing planning scheme.
The Planning and Environment Act 1987, except for section 12 and Divisions 1 and 2 of Part 3, applies to the preparation and approval of an amendment under subsection (1).
S. 94 substituted by No. 66/2012 s. 28.
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