| Matter/Approval Required | Legislation | Section | Responsible Agency |
| Aquaculture Permit | Fisheries Management Act, 1994 | s144 | NSW Fisheries |
| Permit to carry out dredging or reclamation work in any waters | | s201 | NSW Fisheries |
| Permit to cut, remove, damage or destroy marine vegetation on public water, land or an aquaculture lease, or on the foreshore of any such land or lease. | | s205 | NSW Fisheries |
| Permit to obstruct fish passage | | s201,s219 | NSW Fisheries |
| Approval to damage, move, alter or undertake any development referred to in s57(1) in relation to an item protected Order. | Heritage Act, 1977 | s58 | Heritage Council (Heritage Office) |
| Consent to knowingly destroy, deface, or damage or knowingly cause or permit the destruction or defacement of an Aboriginal Relic or an Aboriginal Place | National Parks & Wildlife Act, 1974 | s90 | National Parks & Wildlife Service |
Licence in respect of anyone or more of s17a Environment the following:- scheduled premises or scheduled equipment within the meaning of the Clean Air Act 1961,
- the pollution of waters within the meaning of the Clean Waters Act 1970,
- a drain which discharges or is likely to be used for discharging any pollutants into any classified waters within the meaning of the Clean Waters Act 1970,
- scheduled premises within the meaning of the Noise Control Act.
| Pollution Control Act 1970 | s17A (inc. S17C and S17D) | Environment Protection Authority |
| Pollution control approval | | s171 | |
| Licence to occupy controlled waste - Waste Minimisation | Waste Minimisation and Management Act 1995 | s44 | |
| Permit required to make an excavation or remove material within 40 metres of a river, lake or lagoon or do anything that obstructs or detrimentally affects the watercourse. | Rivers & Foreshores Improvement Act 1948 | Part 3A (Section 22B) | Department of Infrastructure, Planning & Natural Resources |
| Licence to construct and use a work, and to take and use water, if any, conserved or obtained by the work, and to dispose of the water for the use of occupiers of land. | Water Act, 1912 | s10 | |
| Licence to construct a supply work and to take and use water obtained thereby. | | s13A | |
| Permit to construct and use a work, and to take and use water, if any, conserved or obtained by the work, and to dispose of the water for the use of occupiers of land for any purpose other than irrigation. | | s18F | |
| Authority to take water from a river or lake for the purposes of a joint water supply scheme. | | s20B | |
| Authority to construct a supply work and to take and use water conserved or obtained thereby. | | s20CA | |
| Group licence. | | s20L | |
| Licence to commence sinking a bore or to enlarge, deepen or alter a bore. | | s116 | |
| Approval to construct an earthwork, embankment or levee on the bank of a river or lake, or within a floodplain. | | Part 8 | |
Consent to:- erect a structure or carry out a work in, on or over a public road, or,
- dig up or disturb the surface of a public road, or
- remove or interfere with a structure, work or tree on a public road, or
- pump water into a public road froma any land adjoining the road, or
- connect a road (whether public or private) to a classified road or toll way.
| | s138 | Roads and Traffic Authority |
<><>| Authorisation under Section 100B in Rural Fires respect to bushfire safety of subdivision, or development of land for special fire protection purposes. | Rural Fires Act 2002 | s100B | Rural Fire Service |
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