Australian Capital Territory Numbered Regulations

PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT REGULATION 2008 (NO 2 OF 2008) - REG 52

    (1)     This section applies if the planning and land authority receives an application under the Act, section 212 (Scoping of EIS) in relation to a development proposal.

    (2)     Within 5 working days after the day the planning and land authority receives the application, the authority must, as far as practicable, give each entity that must be consulted under section 51, and any other entity the authority considers appropriate—

        (a)     the scoping documentation for the development proposal; and

        (b)     a written notice that—

              (i)     invites written comments on the scoping documentation; and

              (ii)     gives the entity 15 working days after the day the entity receives the notice to make written comments to the authority on the scoping documentation.

    (3)     An entity given the scoping documentation is taken to have made no comments on the proposal to which the scoping documentation relates if the entity fails to give the planning and land authority comments on the scoping documentation within—

        (a)     the 15-working day period under subsection (2) (b) (ii); or

        (b)     if the period is extended under section 53—the extended period.

    (4)     In this section:

"scoping documentation", in relation to an application, means—

        (a)     the application; and

        (b)     a draft of the scoping document for the development proposal to which the application relates; and

        (c)     any other documents the planning and land authority considers are relevant to the proposal.