ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING AND ASSESSMENT ACT 1979 - SECT 2.4 Delegation by Minister, Planning Ministerial Corporation or Planning Secretary

ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING AND ASSESSMENT ACT 1979 - SECT 2.4

2.4 Delegation by Minister, Planning Ministerial Corporation or Planning Secretary

(cf previous s 23)

(1) The Minister, the Planning Ministerial Corporation or the Planning Secretary may delegate any of their functions under this Act to--

(a) a person employed in the Department of Planning and Environment, or

(c) the Independent Planning Commission, or

(d) a Sydney district planning panel, or

(e) a regional planning panel, or

(f) a public authority or member of staff of a public authority, or

(g) a council or member of staff of a council, or

(h) a person, or person of a class, authorised for the purposes of this section by the regulations.

(2) A reference in this section to a function under this Act includes a reference to--

(a) a function of the Minister under any other Act that is conferred or imposed on the Minister in his or her capacity as the Minister administering this Act or in connection with the administration of this Act, or

(b) a function of the Planning Ministerial Corporation under any other Act, or

(c) a function of the Planning Secretary under any other Act that is conferred or imposed on the Planning Secretary in connection with the administration of this Act.

(3) This section does not authorise the delegation of--

(a) the power of delegation conferred by this section, or

(b) the function of the Minister under Division 5.2 of determining an application for approval to carry out critical State significant infrastructure, or

(c) any function of the Minister of giving directions under section 9.1 or of appointing a planning administrator or exercising other functions under section 9.6.