Transport Administration (General) Amendment (Sydney Metro) Regulation 2013 (NSW)

2013 No 348

New South Wales

Transport Administration (General)

Amendment (Sydney Metro)

Regulation 2013

under the

Transport Administration Act 1988

His Excellency the Lieutenant-Governor, with the advice of the Executive Council, has made the following Regulation under the Transport Administration Act 1988.

GLADYS BEREJIKLIAN, MP

Minister for Transport

Explanatory note
The object of this Regulation is to explain how references to Sydney Metro in State Environmental Planning Policy (Infrastructure) 2007 are to be interpreted after Sydney Metro is dissolved on 1 July 2013.
The Regulation provides that:

(a)

provisions of that Policy that currently require the concurrence of the chief executive officer of Sydney Metro to the granting of development consent for certain development in or adjacent to a rail corridor owned, leased, managed or controlled by Sydney Metro, or within or adjacent to the Interim Metro Corridor, are to be read as if they instead referred to the concurrence of the Director-General of the Department of Transport, and

(b)

provisions of that Policy that currently require Sydney Metro to be consulted on certain development within the Interim Metro Corridor, or near the proposed Rozelle Metro Station, are to be read as if they instead referred to consulting the Director-General of the Department of Transport.

This Regulation is made under the Transport Administration Act 1988, including clause 8 (4) of Schedule 8A.

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Transport Administration (General) Amendment

(Sydney Metro) Regulation 2013

under the

Transport Administration Act 1988

1      Name of Regulation

This Regulation is the Transport Administration (General) Amendment
(Sydney Metro) Regulation 2013.

2      Commencement

This Regulation commences on 1 July 2013 and is required to be published on the NSW legislation website.

3 Amendment of Transport Administration (General) Regulation 2005

Clause 42

Insert after clause 41:

42      Interpretation of certain references to Sydney Metro

The references to Sydney Metro in State Environmental Planning Policy (Infrastructure) 2007 are to be construed as follows:

(a)	the reference to Sydney Metro in paragraph (a) of the definition of rail authority for an interim rail corridor in clause 78 is to be construed as a reference to the Department of Transport,
(b)	the reference to land owned, leased, managed or controlled by Sydney Metro in paragraph (a1) of the definition of rail authority for the rail corridor in clause 78 is to be construed as a reference to land owned, leased, managed or controlled by the Crown that was, immediately before 1 July 2013, owned, leased, managed or controlled by Sydney Metro,
(c)	the second reference to Sydney Metro in paragraph (a1) of the definition of rail authority for the rail corridor in clause 78 is to be construed as a reference to the Department of Transport,

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(d) the references to Sydney Metro in clauses 88A and 88C are to be construed as references to the Director-General of the Department of Transport.