Australian Capital Territory

Planning and Development (Technical Amendment—Miscellaneous Amendments) Plan Variation 2013 (No 4)*
Notifiable Instrument NI2013—390

Technical Amendment No 2013—17
made under the
Planning and Development Act 2007, section 89 (Making technical amendments) 

This technical amendment commences on 6 September 2013.

Variation No 2013—17 to the Territory Plan has been approved by the planning and land authority.

Jim Corrigan
Delegate of the Planning and Land Authority
03 September 2013 

 
ACT Planning and
Land Authority

Planning and Development Act 2007

Technical Amendment to the Territory Plan
Variation 2013 – 17

Miscellaneous amendment to the Inner North Precinct Code

September 2013

Commencement version

Contents
1.	INTRODUCTION
1.1	Purpose
1.2	Public consultation
1.3	Process
1.4	ACT Planning Strategy
1.5	Compliance with the Act
2.	EXPLANATION
2.1	Inner North Precinct Code
3.	TECHNICAL AMENDMENT
3.1	Inner North Precinct Code

1.	INTRODUCTION
1.1	Purpose
This technical amendment will make the following change to the Territory Plan:
Provision / code	Changes	
Inner North Precinct Code	Corrections to the precinct code.	

1.2	Public consultation
Under section 88 of the Planning and Development Act 2007 (the Act) this type of technical amendment is not subject to public consultation. 

1.3	Process 
This technical amendment has been prepared in accordance with section 87 of the Planning and Development Act 2007 (the Act). The planning and land authority must notify the public of the commencement of this technical amendment. 

1.4	ACT Planning Strategy
This technical amendment is not inconsistent with the ACT Planning Strategy.

1.5	Compliance with the Act
This technical amendment is compliant with:
•	Section 87(a) of the Planning and Development Act 2007 in that:
i) would not adversely affect anyone’s rights if approved; and
ii) has as its only object the correction of a formal error in the plan.

2.	EXPLANATION
2.1	Inner North Precinct Code
The Inner North Precinct Code contains Criterion C13 that states that it ‘...applies only to a site where at least one regulated tree is proposed to be retained within the primary building zone.’ 

The reference to regulated tree is incorrect. The intention was that C13 should apply to a protected tree, which is inclusive of both a regulated tree and a registered tree, as defined in the Tree Protection Act 2005.

3.	TECHNICAL AMENDMENT
3.1	Inner North Precinct Code
1	Element 2 : Buildings and Site Controls, 2.6 Site Coverage, Criterion C13

Substitute 

regulated tree 

with

protected tree

Interpretation service