New South Wales Consolidated Acts

ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING AND ASSESSMENT ACT 1979 - SECT 23O

23O Recovery of certain costs

(1) A council is to pay to the Director-General out of the council’s consolidated fund:

(a) the remuneration, costs and expenses of the Commission in respect of the exercise of any functions of a consent authority involving development on land within the area of the council, and

(b) any other costs relating to the provision of services to the Commission by the Department in respect of the exercise of any such functions.

(2) The councils for an area or part of an area situated in a part of the State for which a regional panel has been appointed are to pay to the Director-General, out of the councils’ consolidated funds, the remuneration, costs and expenses of the panel and of the Department relating to the costs of administration of the panel.

(3) A council is to pay, out of the council’s consolidated fund, the remuneration, costs and expenses of any independent hearing and assessment panel established by the council.

(5) The Minister may do either or both of the following:

(a) exempt a council from payment of any or all of any such remuneration, costs or expenses,

(b) resolve any dispute as to the amount of any such remuneration, costs or expenses.