New South Wales Consolidated Acts

LOCAL GOVERNMENT ACT 1993 - SECT 119B

119B Application for approvals under Division 3

(1) An application for an approval under Division 3 made in a filming proposal is to be dealt with under Division 3, except as provided by this section.

(2) In determining the application, the council must comply with the applicable filming protocol in addition to taking into consideration the matters specified in section 89.

(2A) In the event of an inconsistency between any criteria in a local policy required to be taken into consideration under section 89 and the applicable filming protocol, the applicable filming protocol prevails.

(3) For the purposes of Division 3--

(a) a council is taken to have received an application made in a filming proposal on the day on which the approved fee for the application was paid, and

(b) a reference to an applicant, in relation to an application, is taken to be a reference to the person who lodged the filming proposal making the application concerned.

(4) An application for an approval under this Part made in a filming proposal that complies with sections 115, 116 and 118 is not subject to section 79, 80(1), 81 or 85.

(5) A council that complies with sections 117 and 119 is not subject to section 77 or 84.

(6) If the council refuses an application, it must notify the applicant of the matters specified in section 99 within 3 business days after the refusal.