New South Wales Consolidated Acts

RURAL LANDS PROTECTION ACT 1998 - SECT 27

27 State Council may order an authority to take specified action

(1) The State Council may, by notice in writing, order an authority to take action specified in the notice with respect to the carrying out of any function of the authority.

(2) The State Council may make such an order if:

(a) an authority fails to comply with any obligation imposed on it in respect of the function by or under this or any other Act or the memorandum of understanding, or

(b) an authority fails to exercise a function in conformity with any relevant guideline, or

(c) an authority fails to exercise a function in conformity with any relevant function management plan, or

(d) the State Council considers it necessary to make such an order to ensure that the authority complies with such an obligation or acts in conformity with the guideline or plan in the future.

(3) The notice may require the authority to comply with the order within such reasonable period as is specified in the notice.