Pulp Mill Assessment Act 2007 (Tas)

Pulp Mill Assessment Act 2007

An Act to provide for the assessment of the proposal by Gunns Limited for the development and operation of a pulp mill in Northern Tasmania and to revoke the State Policies and Projects (Project of State Significance) Order 2004 [Royal Assent 30 April 2007]

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:

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Pulp Mill Assessment Act 2007 .

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 – consultant means the consultant appointed by the Minister under section 4(1) ; guidelines means the Recommended Environmental Emission Limit Guidelines for any new Bleached Eucalypt Kraft Pulp Mill in Tasmania prepared by the Resource Planning and Development Commission on behalf of the Government dated August 2004, a copy of which is set out in Schedule 1 ; project means the project declared by the Administrator to be a project of State significance on 22 November 2004 in Statutory Rules 2004, No. 111, being the proposal by Gunns Limited (ACN 009 478 148), as amended, for the development and operation of a bleached kraft pulp mill in northern Tasmania including any use or development which is necessary or convenient for the implementation of the project, including but not limited to the development and operation of any facility or infrastructure for – (a) the supply or distribution of energy to or from the mill; and (b) the collection, treatment or supply of water; and (c) the treatment, disposal or storage of waste or effluent; and (d) access to or from the mill; and (e) transport to or from the mill; and (f) the storage of pulp at, or transport of pulp from, a sea port in the northern region or the north-western region; and (g) the production of materials for use in association with the operation of the mill; Pulp Mill Permit means the permit prepared by the Minister under section 6(8) ; relevant person means a person or body, including a State Service Agency, that, in the opinion of the Minister, would, if this Act had not been enacted, be responsible for issuing or regulating a permit, licence or approval for, or regulating an action relating to, the project. (2) Unless the contrary intention appears, an expression used in this Act has the same meaning as it has in the Land Use Planning and Approvals Act 1993 .