Northern Territory Numbered Regulations

PLANNING AMENDMENT REGULATIONS 2020 (NO 24 OF 2020) - REG 6

    (1)     For section 47(2) of the Act, this regulation prescribes the manner and form of the public notice for a development application required under that section of the Act.

    (2)     A notice must be published in one or both of the following ways:

(a)     on a website or other electronic platform that is capable of informing the persons affected by the development;

(b)     in a newspaper circulating in the area in which the land is located or the Territory generally.

    (3)     One or more signs must be posted on or in the vicinity of the land to be developed unless:

(a)     the location of the land makes posting the sign an ineffective means of informing the persons affected by the development; and

(b)     the notice under subregulation (2) is likely to notify the persons affected by the development.

6A     Notices and signs

    (1)     Subregulation (2) prescribes the information regarding a development application that must be included in the following notices and signs:

(a)     a notice and sign under section 47 of the Act;

(b)     a notice under section 47B of the Act;

(c)     a notice and sign under section 47C of the Act.

    (2)     In addition to the information required under section 47(2) of the Act, the notices and signs must include the following information:

(a)     the Lot, Section or Portion number of the land to which the development application relates and the street address of the land;

(b)     the current zone of the land;

(c)     the place where or the manner in which the public can view a copy of the development application;

(d)     a description of how submissions about the development application may be lodged.

    (3)     Any sign posted under section 47 or 47C of the Act must:

(a)     be posted on, or within a reasonable distance from, each public road frontage of the land; and

(b)     be clearly legible to a person from a location on the public road nearest to the land; and

(c)     be posted during at least the submission period specified for the development application.

6B     Removing sign during submission period

    (1)     Any sign posted under section 47 or 47C of the Act must not be removed until after the end of the submission period.

    (2)     A person commits an offence if:

(a)     the person removes a sign; and

(b)     the sign was posted under section 47 or 47C of the Act; and

(c)     the removal occurred before the end of the submission period.

Maximum penalty:     10 penalty units.

    (3)     Strict liability applies to subregulation (2).