New South Wales Consolidated Acts

PROTECTION OF THE ENVIRONMENT OPERATIONS ACT 1997 - SECT 31

31 Discretions and functions of public authorities

(1) This Part does not operate to exclude a statutory discretion of a public authority, but the public authority must take the policy into consideration.

(2) This Part does not operate to authorise any action by a public authority that is inconsistent with any statutory or other legal obligation of the public authority.