Queensland Consolidated Acts

PLANNING ACT 2016 - SECT 229

229 Appeals to tribunal or P&E Court

(1) Schedule 1 states—

(a) matters that may be appealed to—

(i) either a tribunal or the P&E Court; or

(ii) only a tribunal; or

(iii) only the P&E Court; and

(b) the person—

(i) who may appeal a matter (the
"appellant" ); and

(ii) who is a respondent in an appeal of the matter; and

(iii) who is a co-respondent in an appeal of the matter; and

(iv) who may elect to be a co-respondent in an appeal of the matter.

(2) An appellant may start an appeal within the appeal period.

(3) The
"appeal period" is—

(a) for an appeal by a building advisory agency—10 business days after a decision notice for the decision is given to the agency; or

(b) for an appeal against a deemed refusal—at any time after the deemed refusal happens; or

(c) for an appeal against a decision of the Minister, under chapter 7 , part 4 , to register premises or to renew the registration of premises—20 business days after a notice is published under section 269 (3) (a) or (4) ; or

(d) for an appeal against a decision of the Minister, under chapter 7 , part 4 , to amend the registration of premises to include additional land in the affected area for the premises—20 business days after the day a notice is published under section 269A (2) (a) ; or

(e) for an appeal against an infrastructure charges notice—20 business days after the infrastructure charges notice is given to the person; or

(f) for an appeal about a deemed approval of a development application for which a decision notice has not been given—30 business days after the applicant gives the deemed approval notice to the assessment manager; or

(g) for an appeal relating to the Plumbing and Drainage Act 2018 —

(i) for an appeal against an enforcement notice given because of a belief mentioned in the Plumbing and Drainage Act 2018 , section 143 (2) (a) (i) , (b) or (c)†”5 business days after the day the notice is given; or

(ii) for an appeal against a decision of a local government or an inspector to give an action notice under the Plumbing and Drainage Act 2018 —5 business days after the notice is given; or

(iii) for an appeal against a failure to make a decision about an application or other matter under the Plumbing and Drainage Act 2018 —at anytime after the period within which the application or matter was required to be decided ends; or

(iv) otherwise—20 business days after the day the notice is given; or

(h) for any other appeal—20 business days after a notice of the decision for the matter, including an enforcement notice, is given to the person.

Note—

See the P&E Court Act for the court’s power to extend the appeal period.

(4) Each respondent and co-respondent for an appeal may be heard in the appeal.

(5) If an appeal is only about a referral agency’s response, the assessment manager may apply to the tribunal or P&E Court to withdraw from the appeal.

(6) To remove any doubt, it is declared that an appeal against an infrastructure charges notice must not be about—

(a) the adopted charge itself; or

(b) for a decision about an offset or refund—

(i) the establishment cost of trunk infrastructure identified in a LGIP; or

(ii) the cost of infrastructure decided using the method included in the local government’s charges resolution.