THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY FOR THE 
AUSTRALIAN CAPITAL TERRITORY

LAND (PLANNING AND ENVIRONMENT) AMENDMENT BILL 2002

EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM

Circulated by authority of 
Kerrie Tucker MLA

LAND (PLANNING AND ENVIRONMENT) AMENDMENT BILL 2002

EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM

Outline

This Bill amends the provisions in the Land (Planning and Environment) Act 1991 relating to minor amendments to development approvals.

Clauses

Clauses 1, 2 and 3 
are formal requirements which set out the name of the Act, commencement provisions and the name of the Act amended.

Clause 4 
amends subsection 247(2)(c) to tighten one of the conditions which must be met for the relevant authority to amend a development approval. 

Clause 5 
is a consequential editorial amendment.

Clause 6
amends subsection 247(3) to add that a notice of an amendment must be sent to each person who objected to the grant of the development approval.

Clause 7
inserts a transitional provision so that the modified condition inserted by clause 4 only applies to applications for minor amendments made after the commencement of the Act.