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The Sustainable Planning Act 2009 (SPA) was amended by the Sustainable Planning and Other Legislation Amendment Act 2012 (SPOLAA) which commenced on 17 February 2012. SPOLAA is the result of the first regular review of the SPA and includes amendments that clarify, simplify or improve operational arrangements for the planning and development framework. For further information on the SPOLAA refer to the Queensland Legislation website. New planning and development laws came into effect on 18 December 2009 with the Sustainable Planning Act 2009 replacing the Integrated Planning Act 1997. This new legislation seeks to achieve sustainable planning outcomes through:
Sustainable Planning RegulationOn 17 February 2012, the Sustainable Planning Amendment Regulation (No. 2) 2012 amended the Sustainable Planning Regulation 2009 to prescribe, for the purposes of section 232(2) of the Sustainable Planning Act 2009, that all aspects of development, provided certain criteria are met, for an existing public hospital or for an existing school, is exempt development under certain local planning instruments. On 27 January 2012, the Sustainable Planning Amendment Regulation (No. 1) 2012 amended the Sustainable Planning Regulation 2009 to prescribe the use of Statutory Guideline 01/12 - Making and amending local planning instruments for making or amending a planning scheme or planning scheme policy and making a temporary local planning instrument. On 2 December 2011 the Sustainable Planning Amendment Regulation (No. 6) 2011 amended the Sustainable Planning Regulation 2009, as follows:
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