Page 894 - Week 03 - Thursday, 14 April 1994

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PRESENTATION SPEECH

BUILDINGS (DESIGN AND SITING) (AMENDMENT) BILL 1994

MADAM SPEAKER, THE BUILDINGS (DESIGN AND SITING ACT GIVES THE ACT PLANNING AUTHORITY POWER TO GRANT OR REFUSE APPROVAL TO PROPOSALS FOR ANY DEVELOPMENT INVOLVING ANY ASPECT OF EXTERNAL DESIGN AND SITING.

IN ITS PRESENT FORM THE DESIGN AND SITING ACT APPLIES ONLY WHERE BUILDINGS OR WORKS HAVE NOT ALREADY BEEN COMMENCED OR COMPLETED. APPROVAL CANNOT BE GIVEN TO BUILDINGS AND WORKS THAT ALREADY EXIST.

THE AMENDMENT BILL EXTENDS THE POWER OF THE AUTHORITY TO PERMIT IT TO APPROVE EXISTING BUILDINGS AND WORKS. THERE ARE TWO GENERAL CONDITIONS GOVERNING SUCH AN APPROVAL. FIRST, THE APPLICATION MUST BE THE SUBJECT OF A NOTICE BY THE

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