21Development of the site

21 Development of the site

21 Development of the site

(1) In this section:

approved purposes means:

(a) the purposes of electricity generating works, public utility undertakings, the transmission or supply of electricity, the storage of water and coal, coal conveyors, coal loading facilities, the storage and use of hazardous substances, the construction of dams, the storage and disposal of spoiled water, ash and waste, bulk stores, offices, recreation facilities and parking or any of those purposes,

(b) purposes connected with facilities associated with the generation, transmission or supply of electricity, or

(c) purposes ancillary to or associated with any of the foregoing purposes.

development means:

(a) buildings, structures and improvements erected or constructed or to be erected or constructed on, in or over land comprising the whole or any part of the site,

(b) works carried out or to be carried out on, in or over any such land, and

(c) subdivision effected or to be effected of any such land,

whether erected, constructed, carried out or effected before, on or after the day appointed and notified under section 2 (2).

(2) All development on the site for approved purposes is hereby authorised and approved, and shall be deemed always to have been authorised and approved, for the purposes of any other Act or instrument under any other Act.

(3) The site and any development on the site may be used, and shall be deemed always to have been able to be used, for approved purposes, notwithstanding any other Act or instrument under any other Act to the contrary.

(4) Without affecting the generality of the foregoing provisions of this section, the Height of Buildings Act 1912 does not apply, and shall be deemed never to have applied, to or in respect of the site or any development on the site.