(1) The responsible authority must consider the application and must—
(a) issue to the applicant a certificate of compliance in accordance with section 97N(1)(a) or (b); or
(b) refuse to issue the certificate on a ground set out in subsection (4) or (5).
(2) A certificate of compliance must be in the prescribed form and contain the prescribed information.
(3) The responsible authority may specify in a certificate referred to in section 97N(1)(b) any part of the use or development which would require a permit or is prohibited under the planning scheme at the date of the certificate.
(4) The responsible authority must refuse to issue a certificate applied for under section 97N(1)(a) if the use or development or any part of the use or development would require a permit or is prohibited under the planning scheme.
(5) The responsible authority must refuse to issue a certificate applied for under section 97N(1)(b) if the whole of the use or development would require a permit or is prohibited under the planning scheme.
S. 97P (Heading) inserted by No. 3/2013 s. 66(1).
S. 97P inserted by No. 128/1993 s. 23.