64Approval of infrastructure activities within Sydney catchment area

64 Approval of infrastructure activities within Sydney catchment area

64 Approval of infrastructure activities within Sydney catchment area

(1) In this section—

infrastructure activity means any development or other activity of any kind—

(a) that is proposed to be carried out within the Sydney catchment area—

(i) on land owned or leased by, or leased to, Water NSW, or

(ii) on other land but under a contract to which Water NSW is a party, and

(b) that, but for this section, would be subject in any respect to the Environmental Planning and Assessment Act 1979, the Local Government Act 1993 or any instrument in force under either of those Acts.

(2) The Regulatory Authority may approve the carrying out of an infrastructure activity if the Regulatory Authority certifies in the instrument of approval that the carrying out of the activity is—

(a) required to protect the quality of water supplied by Water NSW, and

(b) required in the interests of public health or public safety, and

(c) required to be carried out urgently.

(3) If the Regulatory Authority has given such an approval, the Environmental Planning and Assessment Act 1979 and the Local Government Act 1993 and any instruments in force under either of those Acts do not apply to or in respect of—

(a) the approval of the Regulatory Authority to the carrying out of that activity, or

(b) the carrying out of that activity, or

(c) the use at any time of the works with which that activity is concerned, or

(d) the land on which that activity is carried out or proposed to be carried out or on which those works are used or proposed to be used, so far as is relevant to that activity or those works.