Sydney Harbour Tunnel (Private Joint Venture) Act 1987 (NSW)

Sydney Harbour Tunnel (Private Joint Venture) Act 1987 No 49

An Act to facilitate the construction, maintenance and operation of the Sydney Harbour Tunnel.

Part 1 Preliminary

1 Name of Act This Act may be cited as the Sydney Harbour Tunnel (Private Joint Venture) Act 1987.

2 Definitions (1) In this Act: Commissioner means The Commissioner for Main Roads. council has the same meaning as it has in the Local Government Act 1993. regulation means a regulation made under this Act. Sydney Harbour Tunnel means the tunnel authorised by, or constructed under, this Act. (2) In this Act: (a) a reference to tunnelling works is a reference to the works described in Schedule 1, (b) a reference to ancillary works is a reference to the works described in Schedule 2, (c) a reference to the tunnelling site is a reference to the land described in Schedule 3, (d) a reference to an ancillary site is a reference to land described in Schedule 4, (e) a reference to the Ensured Revenue Stream Agreement is a reference to the agreement set out in Schedule 5, and (f) a reference to the Net Bridge Revenue Loan Agreement is a reference to the agreement set out in Schedule 6. (3) In this Act: (a) a reference to a function includes a reference to a power, authority and duty, and (b) a reference to the exercise of a function includes, where the function is a duty, a reference to the performance of the duty.

3 Act binds Crown This Act binds the Crown in right of New South Wales and, in so far as the legislative power of Parliament permits, the Crown in all its other capacities.

Part 2 Construction of the Sydney Harbour Tunnel

4 Tunnelling works etc only to be carried out with the approval of the Commissioner (1) Tunnelling works shall not be carried out on the tunnelling site otherwise than with the approval of the Commissioner. (2) Ancillary works shall not be carried out on an ancillary site otherwise than with the approval of the Commissioner. (3) The Commissioner may modify an approval given under this section, but only at the request of the person to whom the approval was given.