Western Australian Consolidated Regulations

TOWN PLANNING REGULATIONS 1967 - REG 17

17 .         Consideration of submissions

        (1)         Subject to subregulation (1a) the responsible authority shall, within — 

            (a)         6 months of the expiry of the period specified under regulation 15(5) for making submissions;

            (b)         42 days of receiving a statement delivered under section 48F(2)(a) of the EP Act; or

            (c)         if the responsible authority makes a request under section 48G(1) of the EP Act within the longer of the periods referred to in paragraphs (a) and (b) and a statement is delivered under section 48G(3) of the EP Act, 42 days of receiving that latter statement,

                (whichever is the longer period), or such further period as is approved by the Commission, consider all submissions to the Scheme and in respect of each submission shall consider whether the Scheme should be modified accordingly or whether that submission should be rejected.

        (2)         After considering the submissions made pursuant to regulation 16(1) or if no submissions have been lodged within the period specified under regulation 15(5) for making submissions, the responsible authority shall pass a resolution either — 

            (a)         that the Scheme be adopted with or without modification; or

            (b)         that it does not wish to proceed with the Scheme.

        [Regulation 17 inserted in Gazette 27 Feb 1976 p. 545; amended in Gazette 7 Mar 1986 p. 705; 9 Feb 1996 p. 486; 2 Aug 1996 p. 3634‑5; 27 Aug 2002 p. 4359.]