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.