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Sydney Metropolitan Development Authority was established on 17 December 2010 by the Growth Centres (Development Corporations) Amendment (Sydney Metropolitan Development Authority) Order 2010 under the Growth Centres (Development Corporations) Act 1974 (Act No.49, 1974). (1) The Authority was governed by its Board. Land at Redfern-Waterloo and Granville was identified as potential urban renewal precincts on the following maps under State Environmental Planning Policy (Urban Renewal) 2010: (a) State Environmental Planning Policy (Urban Renewal) 2010 Redfern-Waterloo Potential Precinct Map, and (b) State Environmental Planning Policy (Urban Renewal) 2010 Granville Potential Precinct Map. (2)
From 1 January 2013 the name of the Sydney Metropolitan Development Authority was changed to the UrbanGrowth NSW Development Corporation and the nature of its governance was changed from board governance to chief executive governance. (3) UrbanGrowth NSW was the new trading name for Landcom. (4)
From 16 August 2013 the UrbanGrowth NSW Development Corporation became responsible for the Cooks Cove growth centre following the dissolution of the Cooks Cove Development Corporation. (5)
The NSW Government reassigned UrbanGrowth NSW's portfolio into three separate organisations under the Administrative Arrangements (Administration of Acts—Amendment No 1) Order 2017. (6) This followed a recommendation by an independent government review and resulted in separation of UrbanGrowth NSW Development Corporation and the state-owned corporation (the portfolio separation). The state-owned corporation returned to the Landcom name, and separate CEOs were appointed for the two organisations. Landcom was refocused to take an active role in supporting the NSW Government's housing agenda including increasing housing affordability, supply and diversity. (7)
On 1 July 2019 the UrbanGrowth NSW Development Corporation was dissolved by the State Revenue and Other Legislation Amendment Act 2019. (8) The persons employed in the UrbanGrowth NSW Development Corporation were transferred to Infrastructure NSW within the Department of Premier and Cabinet. (9)
Endnotes
1. Growth Centres (Development Corporations) Amendment (Sydney Metropolitan Development Authority) Order 2010 (2010 No 752), cls. 3; notified NSW Legislation website, 17 December 2010.
2. Ibid.
3. Growth Centres (Development Corporations) Amendment (UrbanGrowth NSW Development Corporation) Order 2012 (2012 No 618), cls. 2-3; notified NSW Legislation website, 14 December 2012.
4. UrbanGrowth NSW website About Us http://www.urbangrowth.nsw.gov.au/about-us/overview.aspx (cited 20 August 2013).
5. Growth Centres (Development Corporations) Amendment (Cooks Cove Growth Centre) Order 2013 (2013 No 441); notified NSW Legislation website, 16 August 2013.
6. UrbanGrowth Annual Report 2018, p.11; Administrative Arrangements (Administration of Acts—Amendment No 1) Order 2017 (2017 No 78), NSW Legislation Website, 15 March 2017.
7. UrbanGrowth Annual Report 2018, p.11.
8. State Revenue and Other Legislation Amendment Act 2019 (Act No.8, 2019), Schedule 5 [3] amending Schedule 1 of the Principal Act, the Growth Centres Development Centres Act 1974 (Act No.49), 1974.
9. Administrative Arrangements (Administrative Changes—Public Service Agencies) Order 2019 (2019 No 159), cl.15, NSW Legislation Website, 2 April 2019.
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