Arrangements have been put in place by the Local Government Association (LGA) and the Local Government Association Mutual Liability Scheme (MLS) to provide indemnity for members of council assessment panels, joint planning board assessment panels and regional assessment panels, as well as assessment managers appointed to assist such panels.
Since the introduction of the Planning, Development and Infrastructure (Accredited Professionals) Regulations 2019, the LGA and the MLS sought further regulatory refinements to clearly outline the allocation of liability of assessment panels to support these new arrangements.
As a result the following variation Regulations were made in 2020:
- the Planning, Development and Infrastructure (General) (Mutual Liability Scheme) Variation Regulations 2020
- the Planning, Development and Infrastructure (Accredited Professional) (Mutual Liability Scheme) Variation Regulations 2020.
These regulation variations support the arrangements that have been put in place by the LGA and the MLS.
