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Fast-track Approvals Act 2024

Fast-track approvals process - Panel consideration of substantive application - Panel decisions

86: Decision on land exchange is conditional

You could also call this:

“Land swap decisions may need extra steps before they're final”

If a panel decides to allow a land exchange, their decision is not final right away. The panel might set some rules that need to be followed first. The right Minister needs to check that all these rules have been followed before the decision becomes final.

If you don’t follow all the rules within two years of the panel’s decision, the approval for the land exchange will no longer be valid. This means you would have to start the process all over again if you still wanted to exchange the land.

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Part 2 Fast-track approvals process
Panel consideration of substantive application: Panel decisions

86Decision on land exchange is conditional

  1. A decision under section 81 to grant an approval described in section 42(4)(f) (land exchange) is to be treated as a conditional decision until the appropriate Minister is satisfied that any conditions imposed by the panel in accordance with clause 31 of Schedule 6 are complied with.

  2. If the appropriate Minister is not satisfied that all of the conditions referred to in subsection (1) are complied with by the close of the second anniversary of the panel's decision, the approval is treated as having lapsed at that time.