Transport Administration Act 1988
104PPart 5 of EPA Act to apply to development for light rail system
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104P Part 5 of EPA Act to apply to development for light rail system
104P Part 5 of EPA Act to apply to development for light rail system
(1) In this section—
development has the same meaning as in Part 4 of the EPA Act.
EPA Act means the Environmental Planning and Assessment Act 1979.
(2) Development for the purposes of a light rail system—
(a) may be carried out without the necessity for development consent under Part 4 of the EPA Act, 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.
(3) Development for the purposes of a light rail system is an activity within the meaning of Part 5 of the EPA Act and TfNSW is the proponent and a determining authority in relation to that activity for the purposes of that Part.
Note.
By virtue of this subsection, the approval of the Minister administering the EPA Act is, if an EIS is prepared, required under Division 4 of Part 5 of that Act before the activity is carried out.
(4) Development for the purposes of a light rail system includes anything that is incidental to the carrying out of any such development.
s 104P: Ins 1996 No 128, Sch 1 [11]. Am 2011 No 41, Sch 1 [10].