5Application of Environmental Planning and Assessment Act 1979 to filming activities in designated areas

5 Application of Environmental Planning and Assessment Act 1979 to filming activities in designated areas

5 Application of Environmental Planning and Assessment Act 1979 to filming activities in designated areas

(1) Development for the purposes of a filming activity in a designated area:

(a) may be carried out without the necessity for development consent under Part 4 of the Environmental Planning and Assessment Act 1979, and

(b) may be so carried out even if the development would be prohibited, or would require development consent, in the absence of this section.

(2) Sections 55 and 56 of the Marine Estate Management Act 2014 are taken not to apply to development for the purposes of a filming activity, or to a filming activity, carried out in a marine park declared under that Act.

(3) Except as provided by subsection (2), nothing in this Act affects the operation of Part 5 of the Environmental Planning and Assessment Act 1979 in relation to filming activities carried out in designated areas.

Note.

Part 5 (Environmental assessment) of the Environmental Planning and Assessment Act 1979 requires the relevant Minister to follow certain procedures and to consider certain environmental matters before granting a filming approval.

s 5: Am 2014 No 72, Sch 4.3 [2].