190Form of environmental impact statement

190 Form of environmental impact statement

190 Form of environmental impact statement

(1) An environmental impact statement must contain the following information—

(a) the name, address and professional qualifications of the person who prepared the statement,

(b) the name and address of the responsible person,

(c) the address of the land—

(i) to which the development application relates, or

(ii) on which the activity or infrastructure to which the statement relates will be carried out,

(d) a description of the development, activity or infrastructure,

(e) an assessment by the person who prepared the statement of the environmental impact of the development, activity or infrastructure, dealing with the matters referred to in this Division.

(2) The person preparing the statement must have regard to—

(a) for State significant development—the State Significant Development Guidelines, or

(b) for State significant infrastructure—the State Significant Infrastructure Guidelines.

(3) An environmental impact statement must also contain a declaration by a relevant person that—

(a) the statement has been prepared in accordance with this Regulation, and

(b) the statement contains all available information that is relevant to the environmental assessment of the development, activity or infrastructure, and

(c) the information contained in the statement is not false or misleading, and

(d) for State significant development or State significant infrastructure—the statement contains the information required under the Registered Environmental Assessment Practitioner Guidelines.

(4) In this section—

registered environmental assessment practitioner means a person who is registered or certified under a professional scheme that is specified as a registered environmental assessment practitioner scheme in the Accredited Registered Environmental Assessment Practitioner (REAP) Schemes published on the NSW Planning Portal on 1 July 2021.