Australian Capital Territory
Planning and Development (Change of Use Charge—GP Practice Clinics) Policy Direction 2010 (No 1)*
Disallowable instrument DI2010–275
made under the 
Planning and Development Regulation 2008, Section 177

1	Name of instrument
This instrument is the Planning and Development (Change of Use Charge—GP Practice Clinics) Policy Direction 2010 (No 1).
2	Commencement 
This instrument is taken to have commenced on 1 July 2010. 
3	Expiry
This instrument will cease on 30 June 2014 unless extended.
4	Policy Direction
Pursuant to section 177 of the Planning and Development Regulation 2008  I make the following Policy Direction for the purposes of sections 175(1)(b) and 175(2)(a) of the Regulation.

(1)	This policy direction applies to an application for a lease variation:
(a)	on a lease which does not have the permitted use of health facility, to solely add the use of health facility and no other use; and
(b)	on a lease which has a permitted use of health facility (either as part of the application being considered or otherwise);
(i)	to consolidate land, held under another lease, with the relevant lease; or
(ii)	to increase the gross floor area (GFA); or
(iii)	both of the above; and
(c)	the leaseholder provides evidence, from ACT Health, of full or partial funding for the relevant lease, under the GP Development Fund. 
(2)	where an application meets the above (applicable) conditions the planning and land authority shall remit one hundred percent (100%) of the amount of the change of use charge in respect to the variation of the relevant lease at the time the change of use charge is determined.
(3)	for the avoidance of doubt, the planning and land authority must not remit a change of use charge under this policy direction to a lessee in respect of a variation of a lease where the change of use charge in respect of that variation, or part thereof, was paid before 1 July 2010.

Notes: 
1. 	for the meaning of GP Development Fund see Budget 2010-2011, Budget Paper No. 2 and GP Workforce Development Program, GP Development Fund Grants 2010: Round 2, Guidelines and Application form, ACT Health.
2. 	for the meaning of health facility and gross floor area see Territory Plan, Definitions.

Andrew Barr MLA
Minister for Planning

16 October 2010