New South Wales Consolidated Regulations

STATE ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING POLICY NO 62--SUSTAINABLE AQUACULTURE

- Made under the Environmental Planning and Assessment Act 1979
- As at 8 December 2006
- Reg 473 of 2000

TABLE OF PROVISIONS

   PART 1 - PRELIMINARY

   1.      Name of Policy
   2.      Commencement of Policy
   3.      Aim etc of Policy
   4.      Definitions
   5.      Where this Policy applies
   5A.     Development to which this Policy applies
   6.      Relationship to other environmental planning instruments

   PART 2 - PERMISSIBLE AQUACULTURE DEVELOPMENT

   7.      Pond-based and tank-based aquaculture permissible with consent
   8.      Natural water-based aquaculture (other than oyster aquaculture) permissible with consent
   8A.     Oyster aquaculture development permissible
   9.      Consent authority for permissible aquaculture
   10.     Consent authority to take aquaculture industry development plan into consideration
   11.     Other aquaculture development prohibited

   PART 3 - DETERMINATION OF ASSESSMENT CATEGORY OF AQUACULTURE DEVELOPMENT

   12.     Project profile analysis
   13.     Categorisation of development having regard to project profile analysis
   14.     Designated development
   15.     Advertised development

   PART 3A - CONSIDERATION OF EFFECTS OF PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT ON OYSTER AQUACULTURE

   15A.    Application of Part
   15B.    Consultation with Director-General of Primary Industries
   15C.    Development consent may be refused if development adversely affects oyster aquaculture
   15D.    NSW Oyster Industry Strategy to be considered

   PART 4 - MISCELLANEOUS

   16.     Existing development
   17.     Non-intensive pond-based or tank-based aquaculture not affected
   18.     Application of amendments made by SEPP 62 (Amdt No 1)
   19.     Application of amendments made by SEPP No 62-Sustainable Aquaculture (Amendment No 3)
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