State Environmental Planning Policy (Transport and Infrastructure) 2021

Development for the purpose of a pipeline may be carried out by any person without consent on any land if the pipeline is subject to a licence under the Pipelines Act 1967 or a licence or authorisation under the Gas Supply Act 1996.

Development for the purpose of a gas pipeline may be carried out by or on behalf of a public authority without consent on any land.

However, subsections (1) and (2) apply with respect to land in Zone C1 National Parks and Nature Reserves only if the development—

(Repealed)

is, or is the subject of, an existing interest within the meaning of the National Parks and Wildlife Act 1974, section 39, or

is carried out on land to which the National Parks and Wildlife Act 1974 applies over which an easement has been granted and is not contrary to the terms or nature of the easement.

In this section, a reference to development for the purpose of a pipeline includes a reference to development for any of the following purposes if the development is in connection with a pipeline—

construction works,

emergency works or routine maintenance works.