New South Wales Consolidated Regulations

PORT STEPHENS LOCAL ENVIRONMENTAL PLAN 2000 - REG 59

59 Development of archaeological sites

(1) The consent authority may grant consent to the carrying out of development on an archaeological site that has Aboriginal heritage significance (such as a site that is the location of an Aboriginal place or a relic, within the meaning of the National Parks and Wildlife Act 1974 ) only if:

(a) it has considered an assessment of how the proposed development would affect the conservation of the site and any relic known or reasonably likely to be located at the site, being an assessment prepared in accordance with any guidelines for the time being notified to it by the Director-General of National Parks and Wildlife, and

(b) except where the proposed development is integrated development, it has notified the local Aboriginal communities (in such a way as it thinks appropriate) of the development application and taken into consideration any comments received in response within 21 days after the notice was sent, and

(c) it is satisfied that any necessary consent or permission required under the National Parks and Wildlife Act 1974 has been granted.

(2) The consent authority may grant consent to the carrying out of development on an archaeological site that has non-Aboriginal heritage significance only if:

(a) it has considered an assessment of how the proposed development would affect the conservation of the site and any relic known or reasonably likely to be located at the site, being an assessment prepared in accordance with any guidelines for the time being notified to it by the Heritage Council, and

(b) it is satisfied that any necessary excavation permit required by the Heritage Act 1977 has been granted.