Northern Territory Numbered Acts

PLANNING AMENDMENT ACT 2020 (NO 19 OF 2020) - SECT 9

    (1)     A planning scheme must further the purpose and objectives of this Act.

    (2)     A planning scheme must establish the planning provisions that apply to an area of land, which may include the following:

    (a)     policies to be applied to the use or development of land;

    (b)     provisions that permit, prohibit, restrict, impose conditions on or otherwise control the use or development of land;

    (c)     provisions necessary or convenient to give effect to the planning scheme;

    (d)     maps, plans, designs and diagrams.

    (3)     A planning scheme may be comprised of the following elements:

    (a)     a strategic framework for the land to which the planning scheme applies;

    (b)     overlay provisions;

    (c)     zone provisions;

    (d)     use and development requirements;

    (e)     interpretive provisions and administrative guidelines.

    (4)     An element of a planning scheme may apply in relation to all or part of the land to which the planning scheme applies.

    (5)     A planning scheme may refer to, adopt or incorporate, with or without modification, a specified document, as in force at a particular time or as in force from time to time.

    (6)     A planning scheme is to be interpreted and applied in accordance with its interpretative provisions.