Victorian Numbered Acts

PLANNING LEGISLATION AMENDMENT ACT 2009 (NO. 66 OF 2009) - SECT 1

The purposes of this Act are—

        (a)     to amend the Planning and Environment Act 1987 —

              (i)     to enable certain applications for planning permits and amendments to planning permits to be decided on by development assessment committees; and

              (ii)     to enable growth areas to be declared anywhere in Victoria; and    

        (b)     to amend the Docklands Act 1991 to amend the objective of the Victorian Urban Development Authority; and

        (c)     to amend the Heritage Act 1995 to increase the maximum penalty that may be prescribed for an infringement offence; and

        (d)     to amend the Local Government Act 1989 to provide an exception from a conflict of interest provision for a member of a development assessment committee; and

        (e)     to amend the Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Trust Act 1996 to clarify and broaden the powers and functions of the Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Trust.