Western Australian Current Acts

PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT ACT 2005 - SECT 45

45 .         Commission’s duties if proposed scheme or amendment is to be assessed under EP Act

        (1)         In this section —

        proposed amendment means proposed amendment to a region planning scheme under this Division.

        (2)         When the Commission has been informed under section 48A(1)(b)(i) of the EP Act that a proposed scheme or proposed amendment referred to the EPA under section 38 should be assessed by the EPA under Part IV Division 3 of the EP Act, the Commission is to —

            (a)         as soon as practicable, but in any event within 7 days after the expiry of the period during which the proposed scheme or proposed amendment is advertised under section 43, transmit to the EPA a copy of each submission —

                  (i)         made during that period; and

                  (ii)         relating wholly or in part to environmental issues raised by the proposed scheme or proposed amendment;

                and

            (b)         within 42 days, or such longer period as the Minister allows, after the expiry of the period referred to in paragraph (a), inform the EPA of its views on and response to the environmental issues raised by the submissions referred to in paragraph (a) and received within that period.

        [Section 45 amended: No. 26 of 2020 s. 28.]

[ 46.         Deleted: No. 26 of 2020 s. 29.]

[ 47.         Deleted: No. 45 of 2020 s. 65.]

        [Heading inserted: No. 26 of 2020 s. 31.]