Section 35 of the Principal Act is amended by inserting after subsection (5) the following subsections:

(5A)  Without limiting the generality of subsection (5)(b) , the Commission may give to a planning authority under subsection (5)(b) a direction to modify a draft LPS –

(a) to include provisions that correspond to provisions that were included, in the planning scheme, within the meaning of section 10(2)(a)(ii) , that applies in relation to the municipal area, by an amendment, of that planning scheme, that came into effect after the draft LPS was submitted to the Commission under subsection (1) ; or

(b) so that the provisions of the draft LPS, as modified in accordance with the direction, will correspond to the provisions, of the planning scheme, within the meaning of section 10(2)(a)(ii) , that applies to the municipal area, as that planning scheme is altered by an amendment, of that planning scheme, that is in effect on the day on which the draft LPS is submitted to the Commission under subsection (1) .

(5B)  A direction may not be given under subsection (5A) unless the provisions to be included in the draft LPS, as so modified, if at all, in accordance with the direction, are provisions of a kind that may be included in a draft LPS prepared under section 35 .

(5C)  A provision that is to be included, in a draft LPS in relation to a municipal area, in accordance with a direction under subsection (5A) to modify the draft LPS, may be varied so that the provision –

(a) will conform to the requirements of the SPPs in relation to the LPS; or

(b) will reflect the terminology used in the SPPs or in the LPS, including, but not limited to including, where the modification relates to the designation of a zone in the planning scheme, by changing the designation of the zone to the zone in the draft LPS that most closely corresponds to the zone in the planning scheme; or

(c) will contain provisions that –

(i) are appropriately numbered; or

(ii) make correct references to provisions in the draft LPS or in other instruments, including but not limited to the SPPs; or

(d) will achieve the effect intended by the amendment of the planning scheme to which the direction relates.