New South Wales Consolidated Acts

NATIONAL PARKS AND WILDLIFE ACT 1974 - SECT 69A

69A Definitions

(1) In this Division--

"development" , in relation to a conservation area, means--

(a) the erection of a building in that area,

(b) the carrying out of a work in, on, over or under that area,

(c) the use of that area or of a building or work in that area,

(d) the subdivision of that area, and

(e) the clearing of vegetation in that area.

"owner" , in relation to land, includes a person who leases land under the Crown Land Management Act 2016 .

"statutory authority" means any of the following--

(a) a Public Service agency,

(c) a council, a county council or a joint organisation within the meaning of the Local Government Act 1993 ,

(d) any other body constituted by or under an Act,

(e) an authorised network operator under the Electricity Network Assets (Authorised Transactions) Act 2015 .

(2) A reference in this Division to the carrying out of development includes a reference to the erection of a building, the carrying out of a work, the use of land or of a building or work, the subdivision of land or the clearing of vegetation.

(3) A reference in this section--

(a) to the erection of a building includes a reference to the rebuilding of, the making of structural alterations to, or the enlargement or extension of a building or the placing or relocating of a building on land,

(b) to the carrying out of a work includes a reference to the rebuilding of, the making of alterations to, or the enlargement or extension of, a work, and

(c) to the subdivision of land is a reference to the subdivision of land as defined by section 4B of the Environmental Planning and Assessment Act 1979 .

(4) If a conservation agreement is entered into under section 69B (1C) by a public authority that is not the owner of the conservation area concerned--

(a) the agreement is taken to have been entered into on behalf of the owner of the conservation area, and

(b) a reference in this Act to the owner of the conservation area (however expressed) includes, while a public authority has the control and management of the conservation area, a reference to the public authority that has that control and management.