New South Wales Consolidated Acts

WILDERNESS ACT 1987 - SECT 15

15 Proposals by statutory authorities affecting certain wilderness areas

(1) A statutory authority shall not carry out development in a wilderness area subject to a wilderness protection agreement or a conservation agreement unless:

(a) it has given written notice of the proposed development to the Minister, any other party to the agreement, any statutory authority on behalf of which the agreement was entered into and, in the case of a conservation agreement, any successor in title to the owner who entered into the conservation agreement, and

(b) it has received written notice from the Minister consenting to the development.

(2) The Minister may consent to the development only if:

(a) the Minister is of the opinion that the proposed development will not adversely affect the area, and

(b) in the case of an area subject to a wilderness protection agreement--the Minister responsible for the statutory authority which entered into the agreement, or on behalf of which the agreement was entered into, has consented to the development.

(3) In subsection (1),
"statutory authority" includes an authorised network operator under the Electricity Network Assets (Authorised Transactions) Act 2015 but does not include the Soil Conservation Service or a statutory authority carrying out development in accordance with the terms of a wilderness protection agreement.