Pipelines Regulation 2023

An application for an authority to survey must be made by—

addressing the application to the Secretary, and

lodging the application at an office of the Department.

The land to which an application relates must be specified in a schedule to the application that—

lists the parcels of the land in a continuous geographical sequence, and

identifies each parcel of the land by—

the parish, county and local government area in which the land is situated, and

the folio identifier for the land, if any, in the Register kept under the Real Property Act 1900, and

identifies any part of the land that is—

reserved or dedicated under the Crown Land Management Act 2016, or

subject to an authority or mineral claim under the Mining Act 1992.

An application must be accompanied by maps that clearly show—

the land to which the application relates and the boundaries of each parcel of the land, and

the approximate route of the pipeline, and

the approximate location of proposed apparatus or works.

The maps must be—

cadastral maps published by—

Geoscience Australia, or

a New South Wales or Commonwealth government department or agency, or

if the cadastral maps are not available—a topographic map, or aerial photograph, of a standard approved by the Secretary.

An application must also be accompanied by—

for an application relating to exempt development—

evidence, in relation to the pipeline, that the proposed development is exempt development within the meaning of the Environmental Planning and Assessment Act 1979, and

evidence, in relation to the pipeline, that the applicant has notified impacted communities at least 7 days before lodging the application of the applicant’s intention to make the application, or

otherwise—evidence, in relation to the pipeline, that an application has been lodged—

under the Environmental Planning and Assessment Act 1979, section 4.12 or 5.15, or

under the Environmental Planning and Assessment Regulation 2021, section 173, or

under another kind of planning application process.