Victorian Current Acts Victorian Current Acts(1) The following provisions apply if a person is given a right to make a submission to the Council under this section (whether under this or any other Act)—
(a) the Council must publish a public notice—
(i) specifying the matter in respect of which the right to make a submission applies;
(ii) containing the prescribed details in respect of that matter;
(iii) specifying the date by which submissions are to be submitted, being a date which is not less than 28 days after the date on which the public notice is published;
(iv) stating that a person making a submission is entitled to request in the submission that the person wishes to appear in person, or to be represented by a person specified in the submission, at a meeting to be heard in support of the submission;
(b) if a request has been made under paragraph (a)(iv), the Council must—
(i) provide the person with the opportunity to be heard in support of the submission in accordance with the request at a meeting of the Council or of a committee determined by the Council;
(ii) fix the day, time and place of the meeting;
(iii) give reasonable notice of the day, time and place of the meeting to each person who made a request;
(c) if the committee determined under paragraph (b)(i) is not responsible for making the decision in respect of which the submissions have been made, the committee must provide a report on its proceedings, including a summary of hearings, to the Council or the special committee which is responsible for making the decision;
(d) the Council or special committee responsible for making the decision must—
(i) consider all the submissions made under this section and any report made under paragraph (c);
(ii) notify in writing, each person who has made a separate submission, and in the case of a submission made on behalf of a number of persons, one of those persons, of the decision and the reasons for that decision.
(2) If a proposal by the Council involves the exercise of powers at the same time under more than one section giving a right to make a submission and written submissions are received under more than 1 of those sections the submission procedure may be carried out in respect of all the written submissions at the same time.
S. 223(3) inserted by No. 13/1990 s. 26.
(3) Despite section 98, a Council may authorise the appropriate members of Council staff to carry out administrative procedures necessary to enable the Council to carry out its functions under this section.
S. 223(4) inserted by No. 67/2008 s. 75(2).
(4) A member of a committee specified in subsection (1)(b)(i) is subject to section 79 as if that member were a member of a special committee.
S. 223A inserted by No.
27/1997
s. 24, amended by Nos
46/1998
s. 7(Sch. 1), 108/2004 s. 117(1) (Sch. 3 item 117.1),
67/2008 s. 76, substituted by No. 53/2015 s. 41,
amended by No. 2/2019 s. 103, repealed by No. 9/2020
s. 361(j).
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S. 223B inserted by No.
27/1997
s. 24, amended by Nos 67/2008 s. 77, 53/2015 s. 42,
30/2016 s. 83(1), 6/2018 s. 68(Sch. 2 items 80.9, 80.10),
repealed by No. 9/2020 s. 361(j).
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S. 223BA inserted by No. 2/2019 s. 104, repealed by No. 9/2020 s. 361(j).
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S. 223BB inserted by No. 2/2019 s. 104, repealed by No. 9/2020 s. 361(j).
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S. 223BC inserted by No. 2/2019 s. 104, repealed by No. 9/2020 s. 361(j).
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S. 223BD inserted by No. 2/2019 s. 104, repealed by No. 9/2020 s. 361(j).
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S. 223BE inserted by No. 2/2019 s. 104, repealed by No. 9/2020 s. 361(j).
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S. 223BF inserted by No. 2/2019 s. 104, repealed by No. 9/2020 s. 361(j).
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S. 223BG inserted by No. 2/2019 s. 104, repealed by No. 9/2020 s. 361(j).
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S. 223BH inserted by No. 2/2019 s. 104, repealed by No. 9/2020 s. 361(j).
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S. 223BI inserted by No. 2/2019 s. 104, repealed by No. 9/2020 s. 361(j).
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S. 223BJ inserted by No. 2/2019 s. 104, repealed by No. 9/2020 s. 361(j).
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S. 223BK inserted by No. 2/2019 s. 104, repealed by No. 9/2020 s. 361(j).
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S. 223BL inserted by No. 2/2019 s. 104, repealed by No. 9/2020 s. 361(j).
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S. 223BM inserted by No. 2/2019 s. 104, repealed by No. 9/2020 s. 361(j).
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S. 223C inserted by No. 109/2003 s. 74, amended by Nos 64/2009 s. 30, 53/2015 s. 43, 6/2018 s. 68(Sch. 2 item 80.11), repealed by No. 9/2020 s. 361(j).
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S. 223CA inserted by No. 53/2015 s. 44, repealed by No. 9/2020 s. 361(j).
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S. 223CB inserted by No. 53/2015 s. 44, repealed by No. 9/2020 s. 361(j).
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S. 223CC inserted by No. 53/2015 s. 44, amended by Nos 30/2016 s. 83(2), 6/2018 s. 68(Sch. 2 items 80.12, 80.13), repealed by No. 9/2020 s. 361(j).
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