Major Infrastructure Development Approvals Act 1999 (Tas)

Major Infrastructure Development Approvals Act 1999

An Act to make special provision in relation to the approval of major infrastructure projects, to amend the Land Acquisition Act 1993 and for related purposes [Royal Assent 22 December 1999]

Be it enacted by His Excellency the Governor of Tasmania, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council and House of Assembly, in Parliament assembled, as follows:

PART 1 - Preliminary

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Major Infrastructure Development Approvals Act 1999 .

2. Commencement This Act commences on the day on which this Act receives the Royal Assent.

3. Interpretation (1) In this Act, unless the contrary intention appears – combined planning authority means a combined planning authority established by the Minister under section 16 ; Commission means the Tasmanian Planning Commission established under the Tasmanian Planning Commission Act 1997 ; council has the same meaning as in the Local Government Act 1993 ; council committee has the same meaning as in the Local Government Act 1993 ; Crown lands contract means a contract made under the Crown Lands Act 1976 or a corresponding previous enactment; general manager means the person appointed under section 18(5) as the general manager of a combined planning authority; major infrastructure project means a project declared by the Governor to be a major infrastructure project by an order under section 7(2) ; municipal area has the same meaning as in the Local Government Act 1993 ; notified corridor means a corridor of which notice has been served by the Minister under section 14(3) or section 14A(4) ; owner has the same meaning as in the Land Use Planning and Approvals Act 1993 , and includes the purchaser of land under a Crown lands contract; planning authority includes a combined planning authority; proponent, in relation to a project, means the person proposing to proceed with the project; public office means the place at which the planning authority carries on its administrative activities; Register has the same meaning as in the Land Titles Act 1980 ; Registry of Deeds has the same meaning as in the Registration of Deeds Act 1935 ; sale, in relation to land, means the disposal of land by sale, lease, exchange for proper consideration or any other means; specified planning authority means a planning authority which is specified in an order under section 7(2) in accordance with section 10(3)(b)(ii) . (2) Words or expressions used both in this Act and in the Land Use Planning and Approvals Act 1993 have in this Act, unless the contrary intention appears, the same respective meanings as they have in that Act.