New South Wales Consolidated Acts

LOCAL GOVERNMENT ACT 1993 - SECT 47AA

47AA Special provisions for leases, licences and other estates granted for filming projects

(1) A council that proposes to grant a lease, licence or other estate in respect of community land under section 47A in order to allow a filming project to be carried out on community land--

(a) that is critical habitat (as defined in section 36A(1)), or

(b) that is directly affected by a recovery plan or threat abatement plan, as referred to in section 36B(2), or

(c) that is declared to be an area of cultural significance under section 36D(1) because of the presence on the land of any item that the council considers to be of Aboriginal significance,

must, in addition to complying with section 47A, notify or advertise the proposal in the manner prescribed by the regulations for the purposes of this section.

(2) Despite section 47A(2), a council that is of the opinion that a filming project proposed to be carried out under a lease, licence or other estate granted under section 47A will have a minor impact on the environment and on public amenity may state in the notice of the proposal required by section 47A(2) that submissions in writing may be made to the council concerning the proposal within a period, not less than 7 days, specified in the notice.

(3) Regulations may be made for or with respect to guidelines that must be taken into consideration by councils in determining whether to grant a lease, licence or other estate in respect of community land in order to allow a filming project to be carried out on the land.