NSW Reconstruction Authority Act 2022

The Authority may, with the approval of the Minister, give the decision-maker and applicant for a prescribed decision or a prescribed process a written notice (a step-in notice) advising the decision-maker and applicant the Authority will make an assessment and a decision about the prescribed decision or prescribed process under this Division.

Before deciding to approve the giving of a step-in notice, the Minister must be satisfied the giving of the notice is necessary—

for the protection, rebuilding or recovery of a community, or

to mitigate against potential disasters for a community, or

to improve the resilience of a community for potential disasters, including, for example, through the betterment of the community.

The step-in notice must—

identify the prescribed decision or prescribed process, and

state the Authority is the decision-maker for the prescribed decision or prescribed process from the time the notice is given until the Authority makes a decision, under section 56, about the prescribed decision or prescribed process.