Commencement Proclamation (2008-351) (NSW)

2008 No 351

New South Wales

Commencement Proclamation

under the

Environmental Planning and Assessment Amendment Act 2008
No 36

MARIE BASHIR, Governor I, Professor Marie Bashir AC, CVO, Governor of the State of New South Wales, with the advice of the Executive Council, and in pursuance of section 2 of the Environmental Planning and Assessment Amendment Act 2008, do, by this my Proclamation, appoint 1 September 2008 as the day on which the following provisions of that Act commence:

(a)	Schedule 2.1 [4] (but only to the extent that it omits section 20), 2.1 [37] (but only to the extent that it inserts section 97B) and 2.1 [56] (but only to the extent to which it omits Schedules 3 and 5),
(b)	Schedule 2.2 [75] (but only to the extent to which it inserts clause 125 of Schedule 6),
(c)	Schedule 4.1 [13], [14] and [24]–[26],
(d)	Schedule 4.2 [2], [5], [7], [12] and [13],
(e)	Schedule 4.3 [1],
(f)	Schedule 4.4 [1].

Signed and sealed at Sydney, this 20th day of August 2008.

By Her Excellency’s Command,

FRANK SARTOR, M.P.,
Minister for Planning

GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!

Published in Gazette No 100 of 22 August 2008, page 7687	Page 1
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Commencement Proclamation Explanatory note
Explanatory note

The object of this Proclamation is to commence certain provisions of the Environmental

Planning and Assessment Amendment Act 2008 that deal with the following:

(a)	the abolition of the Local Government Liaison Committee,
(b)	costs orders in certain proceedings before the Land and Environment Court,
(c)	the appointment of principal certifying authorities in respect of building work and in respect of subdivision work,
(d)	increased investigation powers of authorised officers of councils in relation to development,
(e)	the persons who may make an application for a construction certificate, occupation certificate or subdivision certificate,
(f)	increases in the fees payable for a building certificate under section 149A of the Principal Act in certain circumstances,
(g)	the persons who make an application for a strata certificate under the Strata Schemes (Freehold Development) Act 1973 and the Strata Schemes (Leasehold Development) Act 1986.

BY AUTHORITY