Western Australian Current Acts Western Australian Current Acts (1) This section
applies if the Commission grants approval for development under section 274.
(2) The development
must be substantially commenced —
(a)
within the period specified in the approval for the purposes of this
subsection; or
(b) if
no period is specified in the approval — within the period of 24 months
beginning on the day on which the approval is granted.
(3) The approval
lapses if the development is not substantially commenced within the period
referred to in subsection (2).
Note for this subsection:
The period referred to
in subsection (2) can be extended by an amendment to the approval made under
section 279 or made by an order under section 284 — see, in particular,
subsections (4) and (5) and sections 279(2)(aa) and (6A) and 284(2)(aa).
(4) The application
referred to in section 279(6A) can be made or determined even if the approval
has lapsed under subsection (3) and, if the application is granted after the
approval has lapsed, the approval comes back into effect accordingly when the
application is granted.
(5) An order under
section 284 may make an amendment of the kind referred to in
section 284(2)(aa) even if the approval has lapsed under subsection (3), in
which event the approval comes back into effect accordingly when the amendment
is made.
[Section 278 inserted: No. 26 of 2020 s. 4;
amended: No. 17 of 2022 s. 9.]