7Public utility infrastructure

7 Public utility infrastructure

7.1 Public utility infrastructure

(1) The objective of this clause is to ensure that sufficient infrastructure is available to service development.

(2) Development consent must not be granted for development on land unless the consent authority is satisfied that any public utility infrastructure that is essential for the proposed development is available or that adequate arrangements have been made to make that infrastructure available when it is required.

(3) This clause does not apply to development for the purpose of providing, extending, augmenting, maintaining or repairing any public utility infrastructure.

(4) In this clause—

public utility infrastructure includes infrastructure for any of the following—

(a) the supply of water,

(b) the supply of electricity,

(c) the disposal and management of sewage.

cl 7.1: Am 2010 No 59, Sch 2.110.