Australian Capital Territory

Planning and Development (Draft Variation No 289) Public Availability Notice 2008*
Belconnen Town Centre – Changes to the Road Network, Inter-town Public Transport Route and other Zone Changes
Notifiable instrument NI2008— 329
made under the
Planning and Development Act 2007, section 70 (Public notice of documents given to Minister) and section 71 (Public availability notice – notice of interim effect etc)

The ACT Planning and Land Authority is making available for public inspection Draft Variation to the Territory Plan No 289 – Belconnen Town Centre – Changes to the Road Network, Inter-town Public Transport Route and other Zone Changes, given to the Minister for Planning.  

Also available for inspection are related documents given to the Minister including background papers and a report on the issues raised in written comments on the previously notified draft variation and on consultation with the public.

The documents relating to this draft plan variation may be obtained from:
•	the Authority’s website at:  
http://www.actpla.act.gov.au/tools_resources/legislation_plans_registers/plans/territory_plan/recommended_final_variations or
•	the Authority’s Customer Service Centre, Ground Floor, South Building, Dame Pattie Menzies House, 16 Challis Street, Dickson (opposite the Motor Registry) 8:30am to 4:30pm weekdays.

Note that access to the Internet is available free of charge at all ACT Public Libraries during library opening hours.

Section 72 applies in relation to the draft plan variation.

The variation has interim effect from 8 August 2008 to 7 August 2009 or until the end of the “defined period”, whichever is shorter.  Under the Planning and Development Act 2007, section 72(3) “defined period” for a draft plan variation means the period -
(a)	starting on the day (the notification day) when the draft plan variation given to the Minister is notified under the Legislation Act (see s70); and
(b)	ending on the earliest of the following days:
(i)	the day the corresponding plan variation, or part of it, commences;
(ii)	the day the corresponding plan variation is rejected by the Legislative Assembly;
(iii)	the day the corresponding plan variation is withdrawn in accordance with a requirement under section 76(3)(b)(v) or section 84(3)(b);
(iv)	the period of 1 year after notification day ends.

The Territory, the Executive, a Minister or a territory authority must not, during the defined period, do or approve the doing of anything that would be inconsistent with the territory plan if it were varied in accordance with the draft plan variation.

Jacqui Lavis
Delegate of the Planning and Land Authority

4 August 2008