New South Wales Consolidated Acts

ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING AND ASSESSMENT ACT 1979 - SECT 24

24 Making of environmental planning instruments

(1) Without affecting the generality of any other provisions of this Act, an environmental planning instrument may be made in accordance with this Part for the purposes of achieving any of the objects of this Act.

(2) Environmental planning instruments may be made:

(a) by the Governor under Division 2 (called a State environmental planning policy or SEPP), or

(b) by the Minister (or delegate) under Division 4 (called a local environmental plan or LEP).

Note: Under transitional arrangements made by Schedule 6, some former instruments (such as regional environmental plans, planning scheme ordinances and interim development orders) continue in force.