New South Wales Consolidated Acts

BLUE MOUNTAINS LAND DEVELOPMENT (SPECIAL PROVISIONS) ACT 1985 - SECT 5

5 Determination of certain development applications by the Minister

(1) The Minister may give directions to the Council that:

(a) any development application, or

(b) any development application of a class or description of development applications specified by the Minister,

made in relation to the land, shall be referred to the Minister for determination.

(2) The Minister, in relation to any development application the subject of a direction under subsection (1):

(a) shall be the consent authority, and

(b) shall determine the application under and in accordance with the Principal Act.

(3) The Minister may give directions to the Council requiring it to furnish to the Minister such information with respect to any development application referred to the Minister under subsection (1) as the Minister may specify.

(4) The Council shall comply with any direction given to it under subsection (3) within such period as may be specified in the direction.

(5) No appeals or other proceedings lie in respect of the determination of the Minister with respect to a development application referred to the Minister under subsection (1), but nothing in this section prevents the applicant from appealing under section 97 of the Principal Act with respect to that determination.

(6) In this section, a reference to a development application includes a reference to an application made under section 102 of the Principal Act.