Australian Capital Territory Numbered Regulations

LAND (PLANNING AND ENVIRONMENT) REGULATIONS (NO. 5 OF 1992) - REG 21

    (a)     the construction by, or for, the Commissioner for Housing for the Australian Capital Territory of residential accommodation for sale or letting by the Commissioner;

        (b)     installation or construction work carried out within a building or structure that does not affect the exterior of the building or structure;

        (c)     works carried out by the lessee pursuant to the requirements of a lease of Territory Land;

        (d)     the extension of—

              (i)     electricity services; or

              (ii)     a water, sewerage or drainage system;

over unleased Territory Land to a boundary of a parcel of leased Territory Land; or

        (e)     the construction of a driveway from a public street to a boundary of a parcel of Territory Land.

(2) Part VI of the Act does not apply in respect of—

        (a)     the variation of a lease to reduce the rent payable under the lease to a nominal rent;

        (b)     the variation of a lease to permit 2 self-contained dwellings to be erected on the land comprised in the lease;

        (c)     the variation of a lease, in accordance with the provisions of the lease, to reduce the area of the land comprised in the lease; or

        (d)     the surrender of a lease and the grant of a new lease for the purposes of section 171 or 172 of the Act.

(3) Part VI of the Act does not apply in respect of the execution of new leases for the purpose of effecting the subdivision of land where—

        (a)     the land to be subdivided is held under a lease (in this subregulation referred to as the “primary lease”) that was granted before the commencement of these Regulations and was expressed to be granted for the purpose of enabling the lessee to develop the land comprised in the lease for subdivision and resale; and

        (b)     the land comprised in the primary lease has been developed in accordance with the provisions of the lease.

(4) Part VI of the Act does not apply in respect of the execution of a new lease for the purpose of effecting the consolidation of parcels of Territory Land.

(5) Paragraphs 229 (1) (a) and (b) and section 276 of the Act do not apply in respect of a variation of a lease where the whole of the land comprised in the lease before and after the variation is defined land within the meaning of Division 3 of Part II of the Act.

(6) Paragraph 229 (1) (b) and section 276 of the Act do not apply in respect of a controlled activity of the kind referred to in item 1 of Schedule 4 of the Act where the Minister has, by instrument, determined that the activity is consistent with the conservation requirements specified in the Heritage Places Register pursuant to paragraph 54 (1) (d) of the Act.

Extensions of time for the purposes of Part VI of the Act