AUSTRALIAN CAPITAL TERRITORY

LAND (PLANNING AND ENVIRONMENT) ACT 1991 

LAND (PLANNING AND ENVIRONMENT) CRITERIA FOR DIRECT
LEASE GRANTS (PRIVATE ENTERPRISE LAND DEVELOPMENTS) 
DETERMINATION 2003

DISALLOWABLE INSTRUMENT DI2003 - 198

EXPLANATORY STATEMENT

This disallowable instrument is being redetermined as a result of the Planning and Land (Consequential Amendments) Act 2002 which transfers certain powers from the Minister/Executive to the Planning and Land Authority.

This disallowable instrument made under subsection 161(7) of the Land (Planning and Environment) Act 1991 establishes criteria for the direct grant of leases over individual blocks of land within Private Enterprise Land Development Estates following the surrender of a Holding Lease.
 
The disallowable instrument provides that the applicant must:

•	be the lessee of the Holding Lease or a person nominated by that lessee;

•	accept responsibility for the provision and maintenance of all works required for the development of each block;

•	where not the lessee of the holding lease, demonstrate the capacity to satisfy the development covenants;

•	pay all applicable fees and charges.

Prior to leases being granted over individual blocks, the developer of the Holding Lease must:

•	have submitted for approval development conditions and survey plans relating to the land; and

•	have been issued a Certificate of Practical Completion.