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Legislative Assembly for the ACT: 1996 Week 10 Hansard (5 September) . . Page.. 3253 ..

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The DA and BA processes, and all accompanying legislation, Territory Plan and the geographical information data base, are computerised. Every officer in PALM has computer access to legislation and procedures, updated daily if necessary. Much of the software for the legislation and the Territory Plan was developed by an ACT company, Softlaw, who developed the E-Publish software at their premises in the Downer Business Centre.

A DA application covers a range of land use requests - erecting, altering or demolishing a building; changing the permitted uses of the land or its buildings; subdivision or other boundary changes; Public Works Implementation Plans; displaying signs or advertising material; seeking a licence to use unleased land; and conducting one's business from home. The DA includes work involving a property listed on the Interim Heritage Register.

The BA replaces separate processes for a series of building plan, permit and licence approvals.

Decision timeframes have been slashed. For example, prior to the new DA process, the statutory period for assessing and delivering a decision on a lease variation application was 14 weeks without a need for public notification and 20 weeks with notification.

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