Source: https://www.legislation.nsw.gov.au/~/view/act/1993/30/chap17/part1
Timestamp: 2020-01-25 03:13:37
Document Index: 391038717

Matched Legal Cases: ['art 1', 'art 2', 'art 1', 'art 1', 'art 1', 'art 1', 'art 2', 'art 2', 'art 2']

Current version for 5 December 2019 to date (accessed 25 January 2020 at 14:13)
(a) a breach of this Act means—
(i) a contravention of or failure to comply with this Act,
(b) this Act includes—
(i) an approval under Part 1 of Chapter 7, and
(ii) an order under Part 2 of Chapter 7, and
(iii) the regulations.
(1) The Minister, the Departmental Chief Executive or a council may bring proceedings in the Land and Environment Court or such other court as may be specified in this Act for the purpose of the proceedings for an order to remedy or restrain a breach of this Act.
(2) Subsection (1) does not apply in relation to an alleged contravention of a pecuniary interests duty imposed under Chapter 14 (Honesty and disclosure of interests).
Section 486A confers exclusive jurisdiction on the Civil and Administrative Tribunal to deal with such a matter at first instance.
(1) Any person may bring proceedings in the Land and Environment Court for an order to remedy or restrain a breach of this Act.
(2) The proceedings may be brought by a person on the person’s own behalf or on behalf of the person and on behalf of other persons (with their consent), or a body corporate or unincorporated (with the consent of its committee or other controlling or governing body), having like or common interests in those proceedings.
(5) Subsection (1) does not apply in relation to anything done or omitted to be done under Division 3 of Part 1 of Chapter 14.
(1) For the purposes of this section, the following are relevant provisions of this Act—
(a) a provision of Chapter 3,
(b) section 223,
(c) section 226,
(d) section 232,
(e) section 439,
(f) section 440.
(2) The relevant provisions do not give rise to, and cannot be taken into account in, any civil cause of action and do not affect any rights or liabilities arising apart from the relevant provisions.
(3) Without limiting subsection (2), a contravention of the relevant provisions is not a breach of this Act for which a remedy may be sought (whether under this Act or otherwise).
Proceedings questioning the validity of an approval under Part 1 of Chapter 7 may not, if the council has given public notice of the granting of the approval in the manner and form prescribed by the regulations, be commenced more than 3 months after the date on which the notice was given.
(1) If the Land and Environment Court is satisfied that a breach of this Act has been committed or that a breach of this Act will, unless restrained by order of the Court, be committed, it may make such order as it thinks fit to remedy or restrain the breach.
(2) If a breach of this Act would not have been committed but for the failure to obtain an approval under Part 1 of Chapter 7, the Court on application being made by the defendant, may—
(a) adjourn the proceedings to enable an application to be made under Part 1 of Chapter 7 to obtain that approval, and
(3) The functions of the Court under this section are in addition to and not in derogation of any other functions of the Court.
(1) The Land and Environment Court, on the hearing of proceedings brought under section 674, has a discretion to award compensation to the person against whom such proceedings are taken if the Court considers that—
(a) the proceedings against the person are frivolous or vexatious, and
(b) the person has incurred expense as a consequence of any delay to an activity that has occurred as a result of the proceedings, and
(c) the activity is authorised by an approval held by the person.
(2) A claim for compensation may not be made more than 28 days after the date on which the Court gives its decision in the proceedings.
(3) Compensation under this section is to be awarded against the person by whom the proceedings under section 674 were taken.
(1) If a person fails to comply with the terms of an order given to the person under Part 2 of Chapter 7, the council may do all such things as are necessary or convenient to give effect to the terms of the order, including the carrying out of any work required by the order.
(2) If the council gives effect to an order by demolishing a building, the council—
(b) may sell the materials, unless the expenses of the council in giving effect to the terms of the order are paid to it within 14 days after removal of the materials.
(3) If the proceeds of such a sale exceed the expenses incurred by the council in relation to the demolition and the sale, the council—
(4) If the proceeds of sale do not exceed those expenses, the council—
(b) may recover the deficiency (if any) together with its costs of recovery from the owner as a debt.
(6) Any expenses incurred by the council under this section (less the proceeds, if any, of any sale under this section) together with all its associated costs may be recovered by the council in any court of competent jurisdiction as a debt due to the council by the person concerned.
(7) Nothing in subsection (3), (4) or (6) affects the owner’s right to recover any amount from any lessee or other person liable for the expenses of repairs.
(8) A reference in subsection (4) or (6) to costs is a reference to costs incurred by the council in seeking to recover the deficiency or expenses otherwise than by proceedings in a court, but nothing in this section prevents the council from receiving costs as between party and party in respect of those proceedings.
(9) A council may exercise its functions under this section irrespective of whether the person concerned has been prosecuted for an offence under section 628.
(10) In any proceedings before the Land and Environment Court that are brought by a council against a person as a result of the person’s failure to comply with an order under Part 2 of Chapter 7, the Court may, at any stage of the proceedings, order the council to exercise the council’s functions under this section. Having made such an order, the Court may continue to hear and determine the proceedings or may dismiss the proceedings.
Section 193 requires the council to give the owner or occupier of premises written notice before a person authorised to enter premises under Part 2 of Chapter 8 of the Act does so.