Environment Act 1990 (NI)

NORFOLK ISLAND

Environment Act 1990

No. 11, 1990

Compilation No. 4

Compilation date: 13 August 2019

Includes amendments up to: Norfolk Island Continued Laws Ordinance 2015 (No. 2, 2015) as amended up to Norfolk Island Legislation Amendment (Fees and Other Matters) Ordinance 2019 (F2019L01048)

NORFOLK ISLAND

ENVIRONMENT ACT 1990

TABLE OF PROVISIONS

[Note: Parts 4 and 5, Division 6 of Part 6, Divisions 2 and 4–6 of Part 7, Part 8, items 1, 2 and 4–6 of Schedule 1, Schedule 2 and items 6–10, 18, 19 and 21–28 of Schedule 3 have not yet commenced - see the Notes]

PART 1 — PRELIMINARY

1. Short title 2. Commencement 3. Objects of Act 4. Act to bind Crown and Administration 5. Repeals 6. Application 7. Location and effect of interpretation provisions 8. General interpretation provisions 9. Cross-references to other interpretation provisions 10. Methods of interpretation

PART 3 — APPLICATIONS

Division 1 — Preliminary 19. Interpretation 20. Meaning of "owner" 21. Rights of owners not affected

Division 2 — Applications 22. Who may make applications 23. Subsistence of applications and approvals 24. Making of applications 25. Disposal of applications 26. Environmental impact statements 27. Consideration of applications 28. Notice of, and reasons for, decisions on applications 29. Time limits on disposal of applications

Division 3 — Development applications 30. Development applications 31. Who may make development applications 32. Subsistence of development applications and development approvals 33. Making of development applications 34. Disposal of development applications 35. Consideration of development applications 36. Notice of, and reasons for, decisions on development applications 37. Time limits on disposal of development applications 38. Time limit on development approvals