Queensland Numbered Acts

PLANNING ACT 2016 - SECT 57

57 Response before application

(1) Sections 55 and 56 apply to the extent a response is given before a proposed development application is made, by a person who would, if the application were made, be a referral agency.

(2) However, a reference in section 55 to when the application was properly made is a reference to the day the proposed applicant first gave the person documents in relation to the proposed development application.

(3) If the application—

(a) is the same or is not substantially different from the proposed application; and

(b) is made within the time, if any, stated in the response;

the response is, or is part of, the person’s referral agency’s response for the application.

(4) The proposed applicant must, if asked, and subject to section 108(b), pay the person the required fee for the referral, even if there is no application.

(5) A fee under section 54(1) for the part of the application relating to a response under this section does not have to be paid again for the application.