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Planning Bill

Enforcement and other matters - Enforcement - Offences

254: Offences against this Act

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"Breaking the Planning Law Rules"

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You could commit an offence against this proposed law if you break certain rules. These rules include sections 17 and 18 about land and subdivision. You must follow these rules. You could also commit an offence if you do not follow an enforcement order. This includes conditions of a planning consent and abatement notices. You must comply with these orders. If you wilfully obstruct or hinder someone carrying out their powers under this law, you could commit an offence. You must not deceive or resist them either. You must follow any summons or order to give evidence. You could commit an offence if you enter a closed esplanade strip or access strip without a good reason. You must follow the rules in the instrument creating the strip. You must not break these rules.

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Part 6Enforcement and other matters
Enforcement: Offences

254Offences against this Act

  1. A person commits an offence against this Act if the person contravenes, or permits a contravention of, any of the following:

  2. sections 17 and 18 (which impose duties and restrictions in relation to land and subdivision):
    1. any enforcement order:
      1. any condition of a planning consent:
        1. any abatement notice, other than a notice under section 240(1)(c):
          1. any monetary benefit order made under clause 29 of Schedule 8:
            1. clause 27 of Schedule 8 (which imposes a duty to comply with an enforceable undertaking):
              1. any adverse publicity order made by a court under clause 21 of Schedule 8:
                1. any requirement or duty in regulations made under section 279 (emergency response regulations) that the person must comply with.

                  1. A person commits an offence against this Act if the person contravenes, or permits a contravention of, any of the following:

                  2. section 217, which relates to failure to provide certain information to an enforcement officer
                    1. clause 17 of Schedule 9 or clause 30 of schedule 10, which relates to the protection of sensitive information:
                      1. any direction under section 248:
                        1. any abatement notice for unreasonable noise under section 240(1)(c):
                          1. any order (other than an order referred to in subsection (1)) made by the Environment Court.

                            1. A person commits an offence against this Act if the person—

                            2. wilfully obstructs, hinders, resists, or deceives any person in the execution of any powers conferred on that person by or under this Act:
                              1. without sufficient cause, contravenes, or permits a contravention of, any summons or order to give evidence issued or made under clause 69 of Schedule 9:
                                1. without sufficient cause, contravenes, or permits a contravention of, any provision (as provided in Part 3 of Schedule 7) specified in an instrument for the creation of an esplanade strip or in an easement for an access strip, or enters a strip that is closed under clause 42. of Schedule 7.