New South Wales Consolidated Acts

TREES (DISPUTES BETWEEN NEIGHBOURS) ACT 2006 - SECT 6

6 Authorisation of work or activity regulated by or under other Act

(1) Except as provided by subsection (3), an order under Part 2 does not authorise or require a person:

(a) to carry out any work or engage in any activity for which a consent or other authorisation must be obtained under any other Act without that consent or authorisation, or

(b) to carry out any work or engage in any activity that is prohibited by or under any other Act.

(2) Except as provided by subsection (3), a person may not apply to the Court for an order under Part 2 if the carrying out of the work or engagement in the activity concerned is prohibited by or under another Act.

(3) An order under Part 2 has effect despite any requirement that would otherwise apply for a consent or other authorisation in relation to the tree concerned to be obtained under the Environmental Planning and Assessment Act 1979 or the Heritage Act 1977 .