Planning Act 2023
139Environmental significance opinions given by authority
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139 Environmental significance opinions given by authority (1) If the territory planning authority is the relevant agency for an environmental significance opinion, the authority must not give an opinion unless it has consulted each of the following entities: (a) the work health and safety commissioner; (b) the environment protection authority; (c) the emergency services commissioner; (d) the technical regulator under the Utilities (Technical Regulation) Act 2014, section 77; (e) the director-general of the administrative unit responsible for the Health Act 1993; (f) if an area adjacent to the ACT could be adversely affected by development that is the subject of the development proposal— the council for the area; (g) an entity prescribed by regulation. area—see the Local Government Act 1993 (NSW), dictionary. council—see the Local Government Act 1993 (NSW), dictionary.