New South Wales Consolidated Acts

SYDNEY OLYMPIC PARK AUTHORITY ACT 2001 - SECT 18

18 Master plan

(1) For the purpose of assisting it in the exercise of its functions under this Act, the Authority is to prepare and maintain a master plan for Sydney Olympic Park.

(2) The master plan may make provision for or with respect to the following:

(a) the development and use of land and buildings,

(b) the provision of public transport services,

(c) the management of roads,

(d) the protection, enhancement and use of waterfront areas, parklands and areas of natural vegetation,

(e) the use and management of the public domain.

(3) The Authority, in preparing the master plan, must ensure that public notice of the draft plan is given in a newspaper circulating throughout the State.

(4) The master plan has no effect unless it is approved by the Minister for Planning. The Minister may not approve the master plan unless it complies with the requirements of the environmental planning instrument referred to in subsection (7).

(5) The Minister for Planning must not approve the master plan, or any amendment of the master plan, unless that Minister has considered whether the master plan or the amendment is consistent with the Environmental Guidelines.

(6) The master plan for Sydney Olympic Park must be consistent with the plan of management for the Millennium Parklands under Division 3 of this Part.

(7) An environmental planning instrument (within the meaning of the Environmental Planning and Assessment Act 1979 ) or the regulations made under that Act, or both, must make provision for or with respect to the application and effect of the master plan and public exhibition requirements for the master plan.