New South Wales Consolidated Acts

WATER ACT 1912 - SECT 178A

178A Appeals to Land and Environment Court

(1) A person who applies for the grant or renewal of an approval may appeal to the Land and Environment Court against a determination of the Ministerial Corporation:

(a) to refuse to grant the approval under section 171, or

(b) to grant the approval subject to any condition, or

(c) to refuse to renew the approval under section 176, or

(d) to renew the approval subject to any condition other than a condition to which the approval was subject immediately before it was renewed.

(2) An occupier of any land on which a controlled work that is the subject of an approval is situated may appeal to the Land and Environment Court against a determination of the Ministerial Corporation:

(a) to impose a condition on the approval, or to vary or revoke a condition of the approval, during the currency of the approval, or

(b) to cancel the approval.

(3) An appeal under this section may be made:

(a) no later than 28 days after the notice of the determination of the Ministerial Corporation is served on the person concerned, and

(b) in accordance with the rules of the Land and Environment Court.