29   Implementing PEPs—action under Environmental Planning and Assessment Act 1979

Any relevant policies must be taken into consideration:

(a)  by a local council when preparing a local environmental plan or development control plan under the Environmental Planning and Assessment Act 1979, and

(b)  by the Director-General of the Department of Urban Affairs and Planning when preparing a regional environmental plan under that Act, and

(c)  by the Minister administering that Act when making a local environmental plan or regional environmental plan under that Act, when recommending the making of a State environmental planning policy under that Act or when giving directions under section 117 of that Act, and

(d)  by a consent authority when determining a development application under that Act, and

(e)  by a determining authority when consideration is being given under Part 5 of that Act to the likely impact of an activity on the environment, and

(f)  by the Minister administering that Act when approving under Division 4 of Part 5 of that Act the carrying out of an activity.