Support zones
14 Support zones
The support zones are the areas of land indicated, from time to time, as support zones in a plan or plans to be deposited in the GRO and identified by the Minister by notice in the Gazette for the purposes of this section.
In this section, support services and facilities are any of the following:
utilities or services required in connection with the project or in connection with other support services and facilities;
[Note: NoteFor example electricity and telecommunications, gas, water and sewerage.]
stormwater management works;
roads, paths, pedestrian bridges and walkways and other access facilities in connection with the project or in connection with other support services and facilities;
[Note: NoteThis includes fixtures on or in the vicinity of any such facilities, such as signage, traffic control devices and lighting.]
temporary amenities and facilities required while the project is being undertaken;
works to facilitate the construction of any building or structure on the project site;
landscaping and other works;
any other works reasonably required for the purposes of developing the new golf course and remediating the area.
The Minister may, for the purposes of any support services and facilities, do any of the following in a support zone:
enter and occupy, or otherwise make use of, the zone;
take vehicles, machinery or equipment onto the zone;
erect any fences or barriers and prevent access to the zone or any part of the zone;
undertake works or activities in the zone, including (without limitation)—
undertaking any testing, investigations or preparatory works; or
constructing, or realigning or otherwise altering, any roads, paths, pedestrian bridges and walkways and other access facilities; or
demolishing, constructing or altering any structure or facility; or
undertaking any earthworks; or
any works or activities necessary or desirable for the purpose of constructing any building or structure on the project site or any other works necessary or desirable for the purposes of undertaking the project on the project site; or
installing, modifying, removing or relocating any utilities, services, equipment, items or facilities; or
clearing or otherwise dealing with any vegetation or undertaking any planting or landscaping.
The Minister may, by instrument in writing, authorise any person, or class of person, to exercise powers referred to in subsection (3) on behalf of the Minister (and if a person is authorised by the Minister to exercise a power under this subsection, the person will be taken to exercise the power pursuant to that authority to the exclusion of any other powers of the person under another Act or law).
The Minister—
is not authorised under this section to construct any building in the support zones that would remain after completion of the project; and
must, after completion of the project and relevant support services and facilities, ensure that the public amenity of the support zones is restored by, for example, landscaping or revegetating such areas, (provided that nothing in this subsection affects anything constructed or installed in accordance with subsection (2)(a), (b), (c), (f) or (g)).
The Minister may, by instrument in writing, vary or extinguish any lease or licence that exists in relation to a support zone if satisfied that it is reasonably necessary for the purposes of the project or any support services and facilities (and no liability attaches to the Minister or the Crown in respect of and such variation or extinguishment).
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