New South Wales Consolidated Acts

RURAL FIRES ACT 1997 - SECT 96

96 Appropriate authorities not determining authorities

(1) An appropriate authority is not, for the purposes of granting a fire permit, a determining authority within the meaning of Part 5 of the Environmental Planning and Assessment Act 1979 . In addition, an appropriate authority is not a determining authority within the meaning of that Act merely because the authority can authorise another person to grant a permit.