After section 40F of the Principal Act , the following section is inserted in Subdivision 1:

40FA.     Notice to certain agencies and State authorities

(1)  A planning authority, before exhibiting a draft amendment of an LPS under section 40H , is to notify –

(a) the relevant agencies; and

(b) those State Service Agencies, or State authorities, that the planning authority considers may have an interest in the draft amendment of the LPS –

of the date on which the exhibition period in relation to the draft amendment of the LPS is to begin.

(2)  Subsection (1) does not apply in relation to a draft amendment of an LPS to which a notice under section 40I(1) relates.