New South Wales Repealed Acts

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LIQUOR ACT 1982 - SECT 62F

62F Approval of social impact assessment

(1) The Board may approve a social impact assessment that is provided in connection with a relevant application only if the Board is satisfied that:

(a) the social impact assessment complies with this Division and the regulations, and

(b) the overall social impact of the application being granted by the court will not be detrimental to the local community or to the broader community.

(2) If, in determining a social impact assessment, the Board incurs any costs that are not covered by the fee referred to in section 62C (3), the applicant is liable to meet those costs. The Board may refuse to determine the social impact assessment until any such costs are paid or provision, to the Board’s satisfaction, has been made for their payment.

(3) The Minister may issue written guidelines to the Board in relation to the following matters:

(a) the factors that are to be taken into account by the Board in determining a social impact assessment,

(b) the criteria for determining the local community and the broader community for the purposes of subsection (1) (b),

(c) the manner in which the Board is to exercise its functions in relation to a social impact assessment,

(d) the appropriate form for a social impact assessment.

(4) In exercising any of its functions in relation to a social impact assessment, the Board is subject to the guidelines issued by the Minister under subsection (3).

(5) Sections 40 and 41 of the Interpretation Act 1987 apply to the guidelines in the same way as those sections apply to statutory rules.