2015-04-28 Planning and Organisation Committee Agenda

PLANNING & ORGANISATION COMMITTEE MEETING AGENDA    28 APRIL 2015




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PLANNING & ORGANISATION COMMITTEE MEETING AGENDA                                                               28 APRIL 2015

               Assessment of anti-competitive provisions, which create a barrier to entry                    to the market
                                                                                           Can the
                                                                                           provision be
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                 roposed   loca      eason that the law is considere      tentially anti- | requirement for                    ‘                                 :
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                                                                                           assessment in                                                      —
                                                                                           accordance with
                                                                                          the guideline
                                   This provision creates an offence for a person to                           The assessment of the significance of the
                                   undertake a ‘prescribed activity’ without a current                         anti-competitive impacts resulting from
                                   approval granted by the local government. This                              sections 6, 9, 10 is outlined below:
                                   requirement creates a barrier to entry for businesses
                                   wishing to enter the market.                                                It is considered that the impacts of these
                                                                                                               provisions are not significant on the following
                                   A prescribed activity is defined in Schedule 2 of the                       grounds:
                                   proposed Noosa Shire Council Subordinate Local Law
                                   No 1 (Administration) 2015 as follows:                                      1.  There is no significant difference
                                                                                                                   between the approval process in the
                                   Category 1 activities                                                           current local law and the proposed local
                                                                                                                   law. Accordingly, the probability of
                Noosa Shire                                                                                        impacts occurring is unlikely.
                Council Local          e   Alteration or improvement to local government                       2.  All applicants will be treated equally and
                Law No 1                   controlled areas and roads.                                             applications are to be assessed in a
                (Administration)       e   Commercial use of local government                                      uniform manner.
                2015 section 6             controlled areas and roads.                                         3.  The purpose of the provisions is to
                                       e   Establishment or occupation of a temporary                              ensure health and safety, community
                                           home.                                                                   standards and expectations are upheld at
                                       e   Installation of advertising devices.                                    all times.        ;                  ;
                                       °   Keeping of animals.                                                 4.  No issues were raised by the community
                                       e   Undertaking regulated activities regarding                              during the community consultation
                                           human remains.                                                          process in relation to the potential anti-
                                       e   Undertaking regulated activities on local                               os mpetitive Doraile a within
                                           government controlled areas and roads.                                  the proposed   Local Law No  1.
                                       e   The use of bathing reserves for training and
                                           competitions.
                                       e   Operation of self-contained Recreational
                                           Vehicle stop.

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