CITY OF SYDNEY ACT 1988 - As at 13 January 2023 - Act 48 of 1988

Table of Provisions

• Long Title

PART 1 - PRELIMINARY

• 1 Name of Act
• 2 Commencement
• 3 Principal Act and traffic and transport legislation
• 4 Definitions
• 4A Sydney Central Business District

PART 2 - (Repealed)

PART 3 - ELECTIONS

Division 1 - Enrolment for elections for the City Council

• 14 Definitions
• 15 Right to be enrolled as an elector
• 16 Provisions relating to right to be enrolled as an elector
• 16AA Corporations
• 16AB Nominations of electors by corporations
• 16AC Deeming of nomination of electors on behalf of corporations
• 16A Partnerships
• 16B Nominations where more than 2 owners, 2 ratepaying lessees or 2 occupiers--other than corporations
• 17 Roll of electors
17A, 18. (Repealed)
• 18A General manager to prepare roll of non-resident owners and roll of occupiers and ratepaying lessees
• 18B Electoral Commissioner to verify non-residential rolls of electors
• 18C Confirmation of non-residential rolls of electors
• 18D Non-residential roll electoral information register
• 18E Enrolment letters
• 18F City Council may engage service providers to assist with electoral rolls and register
19, 19A. (Repealed)

Division 2 - Voting at elections for the City Council

• 22 Compulsory voting

Division 3 - Election of Lord Mayor

• 23 Election by electors
• 23A Lord Mayor must also be candidate for election as councillor

Division 4 - Council poll or constitutional referendum

• 24 Applicable provisions of Principal Act and this Part
25-30. (Repealed)

PART 4 - PLANNING IN THE CITY OF SYDNEY

Division 1 - Preliminary

• 31 Definitions
• 32 Relationship of this Part and other provisions to Planning Act

Division 2 - Constitution of the Central Sydney Planning Committee

• 33 The Planning Committee
• 34 Members of Planning Committee
• 35 Provisions relating to members, procedure etc of the Planning Committee
• 36 Access to records etc of City Council
• 37 Subcommittees
• 38 Delegation

Division 3 - Environmental planning functions of the Planning Committee

• 39 Planning Committee's role in planning controls
• 40 Determination of major development applications
• 41 Consultation with Minister or public authority
• 42 Minister or public authority may make representations
• 43 Representations to be taken into consideration
• 44 Validity of consents
• 45 Section 79B of the Planning Act not to apply

Division 4 - Other functions

• 46 Definition
• 47 Nomination of authorisations by applicant
• 48 Decision by the Planning Committee as to nomination
• 49 Decision by the Planning Committee to deal with an authorisation under this Division
• 50 Determination of matter by the Planning Committee
• 51 Directions by the Minister

PART 4A - CENTRAL SYDNEY TRAFFIC AND TRANSPORT COMMITTEE

Division 1 - Preliminary

• 51A Object of Part
• 51B Definitions
• 51C Relationship of Part to other Acts

Division 2 - Establishment of the Central Sydney Traffic and Transport Committee

• 51D Central Sydney Traffic and Transport Committee
• 51E Area of operations and ambit of powers of CSTTC
• 51F Status of CSTTC
• 51G Members of CSTTC
• 51H Functions of CSTTC
• 51I Subcommittees
• 51J Delegation of CSTTC's functions

Division 3 - Powers of CSTTC

• 51K Excluded matters
• 51L Sydney CBD roads authorities to notify CSTTC of proposal to carry out road work and traffic control work
• 51M Sydney CBD parking authorities to notify CSTTC of proposal to carry out certain parking schemes
• 51N Planning proposals having a significant impact on traffic and transport in the Sydney CBD
• 51O Access to records etc of roads and parking authorities
• 51P Disputes between CSTTC and Sydney CBD roads and parking authorities
• 51Q Power to include or exclude areas from operational area
52. (Repealed)

PART 5 - MISCELLANEOUS

• 52A Amount of ordinary rate for year commencing 1 July 1995 and later years
53-56. (Repealed)
• 57 Savings, transitional and other provisions
• 58 Regulations

PART 6 - SPECIAL ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING POWERS

• 59 Rectification of landscape--uncompleted development
• 60 Rectification of landscape--agreements with owners
• 61 Development contributions
• 62 Waiver of tendering requirements--conditional donations to public space improvement projects
• 63 Donations to public space improvement projects
• SCHEDULE 1
• SCHEDULE 2
• SCHEDULE 3