New South Wales Consolidated Acts

CHIPPING NORTON LAKE AUTHORITY ACT 1977 - SECT 10

10 Certain work and structures require consent of Authority

(1) A work or structure shall not be carried out, constructed, erected or altered within the development area, and a work or structure within the development area shall not be altered, without the written consent of the Authority.

(2) Application for the consent of the Authority under subsection (1) may not be made unless all other consents or approvals required by or under an Act other than this Act for the carrying out, construction, erection or alteration of the work or structure to which the application relates have been obtained.

(3) The Authority may, after investigating an application for its consent under subsection (1):

(a) refuse to grant the application,

(b) grant the application unconditionally, or

(c) grant the application subject to such limitations and conditions as it thinks fit.

(4) Where any work or structure has been, or is being, carried out, constructed, erected or altered in contravention of subsection (1) or otherwise than in accordance with any limitations or conditions imposed by the Authority when giving its consent under subsection (1), a person authorised by the Authority for the purpose may enter the land on which the work or structure has been, or is being, carried out, constructed, erected or altered and may:

(a) demolish the work or structure, or

(b) alter the work or structure in such manner as the Authority directs.

(5) The cost of demolition or alteration under subsection (4) may be recovered from the owner or occupier of the land on which the work or structure was, or was being, erected in any court of competent jurisdiction as a debt due to the Crown.

(6) An appeal against a decision of the Authority under this section or against any neglect or delay by the Authority in giving a decision under this section lies to the Land and Environment Court in the same way as an appeal lies under section 176 of the Local Government Act 1993 .