Environmental Planning and Assessment Act 1979

An authorisation of the following kind cannot be refused if it is necessary for carrying out State significant development that is authorised by a development consent under this Division and is to be substantially consistent with the consent—

an aquaculture permit under section 144 of the Fisheries Management Act 1994,

an approval under the Coal Mine Subsidence Compensation Act 2017, section 22,

a mining lease under the Mining Act 1992,

a production lease under the Petroleum (Onshore) Act 1991,

an environment protection licence under Chapter 3 of the Protection of the Environment Operations Act 1997 (for any of the purposes referred to in section 43 of that Act),

a consent under section 138 of the Roads Act 1993,

a licence under the Pipelines Act 1967.

This section does not apply to or in respect of—

an application for the renewal of an authorisation or a renewed authorisation, or

an application for a further authorisation or a further authorisation following the expiry or lapsing of an authorisation, or

in the case of an environment protection licence under Chapter 3 of the Protection of the Environment Operations Act 1997—any period after the first review of the licence under section 78 of that Act.

A reference in this section to an authorisation or development consent includes a reference to any conditions of the authorisation or consent.

This section applies to a person, court or tribunal that deals with an objection, appeal or review conferred on a person in relation to an authorisation in the same way as it applies to the person giving the authorisation.