Subdivision Act 1988

The Governor in Council may make regulations—

prescribing the manner or form of giving a notice; and

prescribing the manner or form of an application; and

regulating the making of applications; and

prescribing the form and content of plans; and

prescribing matters in relation to the interpretation of plans of strata or cluster subdivision or strata or cluster redevelopment; and

prescribing classes of plans to be exempted from the referral requirements in section 8; and

prescribing what constitutes evidence of completion; and

prescribing time limits including different time limits for different classes of cases; and

prescribing the time within which any application for review to the Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal may be made; and

prescribing standards for plans, survey marks and the laying out of subdivisions; and

requiring records or registers to be kept and prescribing the content and manner of keeping records or registers under this Act or the regulations; and

prescribing the powers and duties of the Registrar in connection with plans and other matters arising under this Act or the regulations including authorising the Registrar—

to allocate plan numbers; and

to publish acceptable abbreviations to be used on plans; and

to charge fees for supplying a copy of any document; and

to charge fees or other amounts for lodging or sending any document by post; and

to supply information concerning existing registered easements for the purposes of section 12 and to charge fees for doing so; and

prescribing fees for any thing done under this Act; and

prescribing fees or amounts to be paid for anything dealt with under this Act by the Registrar, based on the cost or value of providing the service; and

prescribing forms for the purposes of this Act; and

prescribing penalties not exceeding 20 penalty units or 6 months imprisonment for a contravention of the regulations; and

providing for any other matter which is authorised or required to be prescribed or necessary to be prescribed to carry out this Act.

The regulations may—

for those things not dealt with by the Registrar under this Act, prescribe fees including—

different fees for different classes of applications, determinations, documents or things done under this Act; and

composite fees payable to the responsible authority for consideration of an application by the responsible authority and any referral authority or the Council; and

maximum and minimum fees related to the costs and value of services or works; and

the fixing by Councils of fees to be charged for checking engineering plans; and

for the purpose of subsection (1)(jaa), prescribe fees or amounts as follows—

different fees or amounts for—

different activities or classes of activities; and

different cases or classes of cases; and

different modes of providing any service in respect of which those fees or amounts apply;

maximum and minimum fees or amounts related to the costs or value of providing any service in respect of which those fees or amounts apply; and

require a responsible authority to give a referral authority or Council the fees collected on its behalf; and

empower a responsible authority, referral authority or Council to waive or rebate the payment of a fee in specified circumstances; and

require the making of a statutory declaration; and

empower a responsible authority to make an administration charge not exceeding the prescribed amount for collecting fees referred to in paragraph (b); and

require a Council to give information about a plan in specified circumstances; and

be of general or limited application and may differ according to differences in time, place or circumstance.

The regulations may apply, adopt or incorporate any document, code, standard, rule, specification or method formulated, issued, prescribed or published by any authority or body whether—

wholly or partially or as amended by the regulations; or

as formulated, issued, prescribed or published at the time the regulations are made or at any time before then; or

as formulated, issued, prescribed or published from time to time.

Regulations made under this Act may be disallowed in whole or in part by resolution of either House of the Parliament.