New South Wales Consolidated Acts

SYDNEY WATER ACT 1994 - SECT 46A

46A Approval of infrastructure activities in area of operations

(1) In this section:
"infrastructure activity" means any development or other activity of any kind:

(a) that is proposed to be carried out within the area of operations of the Corporation:

(i) on land owned or leased by, or leased to, the Corporation, or

(ii) on other land but under a contract to which the Corporation is a party, and

(b) that, but for this section, would be subject in any respect to the Environmental Planning and Assessment Act 1979 , the Local Government Act 1993 or any instrument in force under either of those Acts.

(2) The Minister may approve the carrying out of an infrastructure activity, if the Minister certifies in the instrument of approval that the carrying out of the activity is:

(a) required to protect the quality of water supplied by the Corporation, and

(b) required in the interests of public health or public safety, and

(c) required to be carried out urgently.

(3) If the Minister has given such an approval, the Environmental Planning and Assessment Act 1979 and the Local Government Act 1993 and any instruments in force under either of those Acts do not apply to or in respect of:

(a) the approval of the Minister to the carrying out of that activity, or

(b) the carrying out of that activity, or

(c) the use at any time of the works with which that activity is concerned, or

(d) the land on which that activity is carried out or proposed to be carried out or on which those works are used or proposed to be used, so far as is relevant to that activity or those works.