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DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS 2008 - REG 3

3—Interpretation

        (1)         In these regulations and in any Development Plan, the terms set out in Schedule 1 have, unless inconsistent with the context, or unless the contrary intention appears, the respective meanings assigned by that Schedule.

        (2)         Unless stated to the contrary, a term set out in Schedule 1 which purports to define a form of land use will be taken to include a use which is ancillary and subordinate to that defined use.

        (3)         Where the Building Code defines a term which is also set out in Schedule 1, then, to the extent of any inconsistency, the definition in the Building Code will prevail for the purposes of the Building Rules.

        (4)         Unless the contrary intention appears, a reference in a Schedule, other than Schedule 1, to a particular category of zone will be taken to include a reference to any zone of that category that has an additional designation or specification 1 .

Example—

1         For example, an additional designation or specification may be a street name, a distinguishing letter of the alphabet or a distinguishing number, or the name of an area.

        (5)         A reference in a Schedule, other than Schedule 1, to the natural surface of the ground, in relation to a proposed development, is a reference to existing ground level before the development is undertaken (disregarding any preparatory or related work that has been (or is to be) undertaken for the purposes of the development).

        (6)         In these regulations—

"Commonwealth Nation Building Program" means the agreement between the Commonwealth and the States and the Territories called the National Partnership Agreement on the Nation Building and Jobs Plan: Building Prosperity for the Future and Supporting Jobs Now entered into at the meeting of the Council of Australian Governments on 5 February 2009, as amended from time to time in accordance with the terms of that agreement and includes any additional components added to this program by the Commonwealth Government or the Council of Australian Governments from time to time;

"Local Government Infrastructure Program" means the Regional and Local Government Community Infrastructure Program established by the Commonwealth Government pursuant to announcements made on 18 November 2008 and 13 February 2009 and includes any additional components added to this program by the Commonwealth Government from time to time;

"outbuilding" does not include a private bushfire shelter;

"private bushfire shelter" means a building, associated with a Class 1a building under the Building Code , that may as a last resort provide shelter for occupants from the immediate life threatening effects of a bushfire event;

"residential code development" means any development that is complying development under clause 1(2) or (3), 2A or 2B of Schedule 4;

"State Coordinator-General" means the person appointed by the Governor to be the State's Coordinator-General for the purposes of the Commonwealth Nation Building Program and includes an Assistant State Coordinator-General.

        (7)         For the purposes of these regulations, there may be 1 or more Assistant State Coordinators-General appointed by the Governor.

        (8)         An Assistant State Coordinator-General may—

            (a)         assist the State Coordinator-General in the performance of functions under these regulations; and

            (b)         act as the State Coordinator-General

                  (i)         in circumstances approved by the State Coordinator-General; or

                  (ii)         when the State Coordinator-General is absent or unable to act or when the office of State Coordinator-General is vacant (and in the event that the Governor has appointed more than 1 Assistant State Coordinators-General then the Minister will determine which Assistant State Coordinator-General will act under this paragraph as the occasion arises).



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