New South Wales Consolidated Acts

LAKE ILLAWARRA AUTHORITY ACT 1987 - SECT 16

16 Appeals

(1) An applicant for a consent under section 14 who is aggrieved:

(a) by any decision of the Authority on the application, or

(b) by any neglect or delay by the Authority to give, within 40 days after the application was lodged with the Authority, a decision with respect to it,

may appeal to the Land and Environment Court within the prescribed time or such longer period as that Court may in special circumstances allow.

(2) In this section:
"prescribed time" means the period of 12 months commencing:

(a) when the applicant receives notice of the decision appealed against, or

(b) where appropriate-when the period of 40 days after the application was lodged with the Authority expires.