New South Wales Consolidated Acts

SYDNEY WATER CATCHMENT MANAGEMENT ACT 1998 - SECT 19

19 Compliance role under other legislation

(1) The SCA has such functions as are necessary or convenient to carry out any inspectorial, enforcement or other role conferred or imposed on it by the regulations under this Act by reference to powers conferred on other persons or bodies under any Act or instrument under any Act so far as they relate to:

(a) activities carried out or proposed to be carried out within a catchment area, or

(b) activities carried out or proposed to be carried out outside a catchment area but being of such a nature as affect or may affect a catchment area.

(2) The regulations under this Act may, on the recommendation of the Minister and with the approval of the Minister administering the Act concerned, make provision for or with respect to conferring or imposing on the SCA any such function, and to specifying the effect or consequences of the exercise of any such function.

(3) The SCA may delegate any such function to a member of staff of the Sydney Catchment Authority Division.

(4) This section does not affect the generality of any other provision of this or any other Act so far as it confers or imposes functions on the SCA, but otherwise has effect despite anything in any other Act.

(5) This section does not apply in relation to:

(a) the grant of licences (as referred to in section 18), or

(b) activities carried on by the SCA.