Local government approvals not required for light rail system
104Q Local government approvals not required for light rail system
This section applies to—
the construction of a light rail system, including the erection of any buildings that are associated with the system or the demolition of any buildings for the purposes of constructing the system, and
anything done that is incidental to the erection or demolition of a building for the purposes of a light rail system, and
the subdivision of land for the purposes of a light rail system.
The approval of the council of a local government area is not required under section 68 of the Local Government Act 1993 or under subdivision legislation for anything to which this section applies.
In this section—
building and erection have the same meanings they have in the Local Government Act 1993.
subdivision legislation means Part 4 of the Environmental Planning and Assessment Act 1979, the Strata Schemes Development Act 2015 or the Community Land Development Act 2021.
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