Filming Approval Act 2004

A filming approval authorises the approval holder to carry out in the designated area to which the approval relates any filming activity, in accordance with the conditions of the approval, that is specified in the approval even if the carrying out of that activity is prohibited or not permitted by or under—

the National Parks and Wildlife Act 1974, or

the Wilderness Act 1987, or

the Marine Estate Management Act 2014, or

a statutory rule or any other instrument made under an Act referred to in paragraph (a), (b) or (c).

Without limiting subsection (1), an approval holder is not required to obtain a separate approval or other authorisation under an Act, statutory rule or instrument referred to in that subsection for the carrying out of any filming activity specified in the holder’s filming approval.

For the purposes of any defence to a prosecution for an offence under the Fisheries Management Act 1994 or the National Parks and Wildlife Act 1974 (or the regulations under those Acts), a filming approval for the carrying out of a filming activity in a designated area is taken to constitute an approval of the activity by a determining authority within the meaning of Part 5 of the Environmental Planning and Assessment Act 1979.