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#### 24 Minister taken to have given consent to certain development applications
24 Minister taken to have given consent to certain development applications
> > (1) This clause applies for the purposes of the [Environmental Planning and Assessment Act 1979](/view/html/inforce/current/act-1979-203) and any instrument made under that Act and has effect despite anything in that Act or any instrument made under that Act.
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> > (2) The Minister is taken to have given written consent on behalf of the Crown (as the owner of Crown land under a continued perpetual lease) for the lessee of that land to make a development application relating to any of the following kinds of development—
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> > > (a) without limiting paragraph (g), the repair, maintenance, restoration or renovation of an existing building on the land,
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> > > (b) the erection, repair, maintenance or replacement of a fence on the land,
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> > > (c) the carrying out of development on the land that is consistent with the purposes for which the lease has been granted,
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> > > (d) the erection, repair, maintenance or replacement of signage on the land,
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> > > (e) the erection, repair, maintenance or replacement of a temporary structure on the land,
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> > > (f) the installation, repair, maintenance or replacement of services on the land,
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> > > (g) the erection, repair, maintenance or replacement of any of the following on the land—
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> > > > (i) a building or other structure on the land that is permitted under the lease,
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> > > > (ii) a toilet block,
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> > > > (iii) a structure for the protection of the environment,
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> > > (h) the carrying out on the land of any other development of a kind prescribed by the regulations.
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> > (3) Subclause (2) does not apply in relation to any development that involves any of the following—
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> > > (a) the subdivision of land,
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> > > (b) the demolition of a building,
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> > > (c) the carrying out of remediation works (including the extraction of materials that belong to the Crown or excavations in connection with those works),
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> > > (d) the carrying out of development of a kind excluded by the regulations.
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> > (4) Any regulations made for the purposes of subclause (3) (d) may exclude the whole or a part of a kind of development specified by subclause (2).
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> > (5) To avoid doubt, the Minister’s consent on behalf of the Crown (as the owner of Crown land under a continued perpetual lease) to lodgment of a development application in respect of that land is required for the carrying out of any development to which subclause (2) does not apply.