Australian Capital Territory Current Acts Australian Capital Territory Current Acts(1) In this division:
"relevant planning application" means any of the following:
(a) a request, in any form, to a Minister or the territory planning authority to make a major plan amendment or minor plan amendment of the territory plan
under the Planning Act 2023
;
(b) a development application under the Planning Act 2023
;
(c) a request under the Planning Act 2023
, division 7.5.1 (Pre-application matters);
(d) an application for an environmental significance opinion under the Planning Act 2023
, division 6.3.10 (Environmental significance opinions);
(e) any other application, request or other action under the Planning Act 2023
prescribed by regulation.
(2) However, a relevant planning application does not include a development application if the dominant purpose of the application is to provide—
(a) residential premises to be occupied by the applicant; or
(b) commercial premises to be occupied by the applicant to carry on business, and no substantial part of the premises are sold or leased to another person.
(3) For subsection (1), a reference to an application, request or other action under the Planning Act 2023
includes a reference to the corresponding application, request or other action under the Planning and Development Act 2007
(repealed).
(4) For subsection (2), if the applicant is a property developer, a reference to the applicant includes a close associate of the property developer.
(5) Subsection (3) and this subsection expire 8 years after the day the Planning Act 2023
, section 3 commences.
(6) In this section:
"development application"—see the Planning Act 2023
, section 166 (1).
"environmental significance opinion"—see the Planning Act 2023
, section 102 (2).
"major plan amendment"—see the Planning Act 2023
"minor plan amendment"—see section 222B (2).