New South Wales Consolidated Regulations

ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING AND ASSESSMENT REGULATION 2000 - REG 8B

8B Matters for environmental assessment and Ministerial consideration

The Director-General’s report under section 75I of the Act in relation to a project is to include the following matters (to the extent that those matters are not otherwise included in that report in accordance with the requirements of that section):

(a) an assessment of the environmental impact of the project,

(b) any aspect of the public interest that the Director-General considers relevant to the project,

(c) the suitability of the site for the project,

(d) copies of submissions received by the Director-General in connection with public consultation under section 75H or a summary of the issues raised in those submissions.

Note: Section 75J (2) of the Act requires the Minister to consider the Director-General’s report (and the reports, advice and recommendations contained in it) when deciding whether or not to approve the carrying out of a project.