Environmental Planning and Assessment Act 1979

Where the approval of more than one determining authority is required in relation to an activity or an activity of a specified class or description (either in respect of the carrying out of the activity or the granting of an approval in respect of the activity), the Minister may, by a Ministerial planning order, nominate a determining authority to be the nominated determining authority in relation to the activity or an activity of that class or description for the purposes of this Division.

Where, under subsection (1), the Minister has nominated a determining authority to be the nominated determining authority in relation to an activity or an activity of a specified class or description, any other determining authority which would otherwise be required to comply with the provisions of this Division in relation to the activity or an activity of that class or description is not required—

to comply with section 5.7(2) or (3), or

to comply with section 5.8,

A determining authority (other than the nominated determining authority) is required to forward to the nominated determining authority a copy of any submissions made to it under section 5.8(2) and to provide other information to the nominated determining authority, as required by the regulations, to enable the nominated determining authority to co-ordinate the preparation and furnishing of reports in relation to the activity or activity of the specified class or description.