Division 2.7 amended

Miscellaneous div 2.7: Ins 2017 No 60, Sch 2.1 [1]. 2.25 NSW planning portal and other online services and information (cf previous ss 158B, 158C) (1) The Planning Secretary is to establish and facilitate the online delivery of planning services and information (including the NSW planning portal). (2) Schedule 3 contains provisions relating to the NSW planning portal and the online delivery of those services and information. s 2.25: Ins 2017 No 60, Sch 2.1 [1]. 2.26 Obligation of Commission and panels to consult with council about certain decisions (cf previous s 23M) (1) The Independent Planning Commission or a Sydney district or regional planning panel must not exercise a function that will result in the making of a decision that will have, or that might reasonably be expected to have, a significantly adverse financial impact on a council until after it has consulted with the council. (2) This section does not apply to the determination of a development application made by a council. s 2.26: Ins 2017 No 60, Sch 2.1 [1]. 2.27 Obligations of councils to assist Commission and panels (cf previous s 23N) (1) The Independent Planning Commission or a Sydney district or regional planning panel is entitled, on request made to the general manager of a council— (a) to have access to, and to make copies of and take extracts from, records of the council relevant to the exercise of the Commission’s or panel’s functions, and (b) to the use of the staff and facilities of the council in order to exercise the Commission’s or panel’s functions, and (c) to any other assistance or action by the council for the purposes of exercising the Commission’s or panel’s functions. (2) The regulations may make provision with respect to assistance and action under this section. s 2.27: Ins 2017 No 60, Sch 2.1 [1]. 2.28 Exclusion of personal liability (cf previous ss 23(9), 158) A matter or thing done, or omitted to be done, by— (a) the Minister, or (b) the Planning Secretary, or (c) any person employed in the Department of Planning and Environment, or (d) an investigation officer under Part 9, or (e) a member of a panel established by the Minister or the Planning Secretary under this Part, or (f) a member of the Independent Planning Commission, or (g) a member of a Sydney district or regional planning panel, or (h) a member of a local planning panel, or (