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Environmental Planning and Assessment Act 1979
33Failure to comply with order—carrying out of work by consent authority
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#### 33 Failure to comply with order—carrying out of work by consent authority
33 Failure to comply with order—carrying out of work by consent authority
(cf previous s 121ZJ(1)(10–(12))
> > (1) A relevant enforcement authority that gives a development control order may do all such things as are necessary or convenient to give effect to the terms of the order (including the carrying out of any work required by the order) if the person to whom the order was given fails to comply with the terms of the order.
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> > (2) The relevant enforcement authority may exercise the relevant authority’s functions under this clause irrespective of whether the person required to comply with the order has been prosecuted for an offence against this Act.
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> > (3) In any proceedings before the Land and Environment Court that are brought by a relevant enforcement authority that gave a development control order to a person as a result of the person’s failure to comply with the order, the Court may, at any stage of the proceedings, order the relevant enforcement authority to exercise the authority’s functions under this clause. Having made such an order, the Court may continue to hear and determine the proceedings or may dismiss the proceedings.
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> > (4) If the Minister or the Planning Secretary gave the development control order, the Minister’s or Planning Secretary’s functions under this clause may be exercised by the Planning Ministerial Corporation.