New South Wales Consolidated Acts

SYDNEY WATER CATCHMENT MANAGEMENT ACT 1998 - SECT 17

17 Concurrence and other roles under environmental planning instruments

(1) The SCA has such functions as are necessary or convenient to carry out any concurrence or other role conferred or imposed on it by or under any environmental planning instrument in relation to a catchment area.

(1A) For the purpose of enabling the SCA to exercise the functions conferred on it by this section:

(a) the SCA has and may exercise the powers conferred on a council under Division 1A of Part 6 of the Environmental Planning and Assessment Act 1979 , and

(b) an authorised officer has and may exercise the powers conferred by that Division on a person authorised by a council under section 118A (1) of that Act, subject to that Division.

(2) This section does not affect the generality of any other provision of this or any other Act.