Western Australian Current Acts

PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT ACT 2005 - SECT 291

291 .         R-Codes taken to be planning codes

        (1)         In this section —

        commencement day means the day on which the Planning and Development Amendment Act 2020 section 65 comes into operation;

        R-Codes means the Residential Design Codes prepared as a State planning policy under section 26(1), as in force immediately before commencement day.

        (2)         On and after commencement day, the R-Codes are taken to be planning codes.

        (3)         Subsection (2) does not prevent the R-Codes from being amended or repealed under Part 3A.

        (4)         A provision included before commencement day in a local planning scheme under section 77(1)(b), or an improvement scheme under section 77(1)(b) as it applies under section 122B(1), in relation to the R-Codes as State planning policies continues to apply on and after commencement day in relation to the R-Codes as planning codes.

        [Section 291 inserted: No. 26 of 2020 s. 105.]