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Legislative Assembly for the ACT: 1996 Week 11 Hansard (26 September) . . Page.. 3659 ..

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Members will recall that before the establishment of the Board in 1993, all land use and planning merits reviews were dealt with by the Tribunal. But some matters, namely the review of the valuation of improvements and the termination of a lease and betterment tax reviews remained with the Tribunal. I propose there be a separate Land and Planning Division established in the Tribunal; and clause 8 of the Bill will establish this new Division. All applications under the Land Act will be heard in the Land and Planning Division. This is a positive indication of the Government's commitment, and the priority it gives, to planning and land use matters.

All members of the Board will be offered appointment to the Tribunal and all members of the Tribunal will be appointed to both Divisions. The President of the Tribunal will be given greater flexibility to reconstitute the Tribunal to determine matters. At present, the President may reconstitute the Tribunal on the application of a party where the President considers the matters are of such public importance as to justify doing so. Clause 10 of the Bill will empower the President of his or her own volition or on the application by a party to reconstitute the Tribunal having regard not only to the public importance of a

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