Water Supply (Critical Needs) Act 2019

The Governor may make regulations, not inconsistent with this Act, for or with respect to any matter that by this Act is required or permitted to be prescribed or that is necessary or convenient to be prescribed for carrying out or giving effect to this Act.

The regulations may make provision for or with respect to restoring the operation of the Environmental Planning and Assessment Act 1979 and any other Act in relation to development that would otherwise be exempted from those Acts by this Act and, in particular, for or with respect to—

declaring an authorisation of development by the Minister to be a development consent or other approval under the Environmental Planning and Assessment Act 1979 and applying the provisions of that Act (with any specified modifications) to any such consent or approval, and

the operation of provisions relating to existing uses and the continuance of lawful uses in relation to development for the purposes of critical town or locality water supply.