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NATION BUILDING AND JOBS PLAN (STATE INFRASTRUCTURE DELIVERY) ACT 2009 - SECT 24

24 Authorisation of Co-ordinator General to carry out infrastructure project

(1) This section applies if an order under section 23 provides that the carrying out of an infrastructure project requires the authorisation of the Co-ordinator General.

(2) The person proposing to carry out the infrastructure project (or a person on his or her behalf) may apply to the Co-ordinator General for an authorisation to carry out the project.

(3) Any such application must be in writing and include the following information:

(a) a description of the proposed infrastructure project,

(b) a description of the land on which the project is to be carried out,

(c) the date when construction for the project is to be commenced and the anticipated date of completion of the project,

(d) any other information relating to the project that the regulations, or the Co-ordinator General, require to be included.

(4) The Co-ordinator General may authorise the carrying out of the infrastructure project subject to any conditions set out or referred to in the authorisation.

(5) The Co-ordinator General may, by notice in writing to the person carrying out the infrastructure project, amend or revoke the conditions of an authorisation before the project has been carried out.

(6) The conditions of an authorisation to carry out an infrastructure project may (without limitation) include conditions relating to any of the following:

(a) public notification requirements in relation to the carrying out of the project,

(b) environmental protection,

(c) heritage conservation,

(d) threatened species, and other flora and fauna, conservation,

(e) bush fire protection,

(f) hours and other conditions of operation of the project,

(g) road safety and traffic management,

(h) development contributions by the person carrying out the project for other State, regional or local infrastructure,

(i) reporting requirements.

(7) An authorisation to carry out an infrastructure project is taken to be a development consent under the Environmental Planning and Assessment Act 1979 for the purposes of:

(a) Part 8A of the National Parks and Wildlife Act 1974 , and

(b) Part 7A of the Fisheries Management Act 1994 , and

(c) the Native Vegetation Act 2003 , and

(d) any other Act (or provision of any other Act) prescribed by the regulations for the purposes of this subsection.