1   Name of Regulation

This Regulation may be cited as the Environmental Planning and Assessment (Savings and Transitional) Regulation 1986.

2   Power to make Regulation

This Regulation is made pursuant to the Principal Act and clause 9 of Schedule 9 to the Amending Act.

3   Commencement

This Regulation shall take effect on and from 3 February 1986.

4   Definitions

In this Regulation:

Amending Act means the Environmental Planning and Assessment (Amendment) Act 1985.

Principal Act means the Environmental Planning and Assessment Act 1979.

5   Public exhibition of environmental studies

(1)  The provisions of the Principal Act, as in force before the date of commencement of Schedule 3 (7) and (14) to the Amending Act, relating to the public exhibition of an environmental study shall, notwithstanding the Amending Act, continue to apply to and in respect of the public exhibition of an environmental study which was commenced to be publicly exhibited before that date and any such study and any draft environmental planning instrument in relation to which any such study was prepared shall not be rendered invalid by any failure to comply with the Principal Act, as amended by section 5 of and Schedule 3 (7) and (14) to the Amending Act.

(2)  Subclause (1) has effect notwithstanding clause 2 of Schedule 9 to the Amending Act.

6   Delegation of Director’s function to issue a certificate under section 65

A delegation in force under section 23 of the Principal Act immediately before the commencement of Schedule 3 (13) to the Amending Act, in respect of the Director’s functions under section 65 (1) and (2) of the Principal Act, shall, after that commencement be deemed to be a delegation of the Director’s functions under section 65 (1) of the Principal Act, as amended by section 5 of and Schedule 3 (13) to the Amending Act.

7   Directions under s 117

A direction given, at any time before the date of commencement of Schedule 3 (19) to the Amending Act, under section 117 of the Principal Act, as then in force, shall be deemed to have been given under section 117 of the Principal Act, as amended by the Amending Act.

Historical notes

The following abbreviations are used in the Historical notes:

Table of amending instruments

Environmental Planning and Assessment (Savings and Transitional) Regulation 1986 published in Gazette No 18 of 31.1.1986, p 476.