Place Names Act 2020 (Tas)

Place Names Act 2020

An Act to establish the Place Names Advisory Panel, to make provision for the naming and registration of certain place names in Tasmania, to wind up the Nomenclature Board and to consequentially amend other Acts [Royal Assent 30 March 2020]

Be it enacted by Her 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 Place Names Act 2020 .

2. Commencement This Act commences on a day to be proclaimed.

3. Interpretation In this Act – approved name, in relation to a place, means a name that – (a) is recorded in the register as the approved name for the place; and (b) has not been revoked under this Act; chairperson means the chairperson of the Panel in accordance with section 6(3) ; guidelines means the guidelines published under section 5(3) ; Panel means the Place Names Advisory Panel established by section 6(1) ; place – see section 4 ; private road means a road over land that is owned by a person who may lawfully exclude other persons from using the road; proposal means a proposal submitted under section 9 in respect of a name or place; register means the register of place names kept under section 8 ; Registrar means the Registrar of Place Names appointed under section 7 ; Surveyor-General means the Surveyor-General appointed under section 3A(1) of the Survey Co-ordination Act 1944 .

4. Meaning of place (1) For the purposes of this Act, a place includes, but is not limited to – (a) a geographical or topographical feature, whether – (i) natural or artificial; or (ii) on land, underground or under water; and (b) a suburb, locality, habitation or other feature of community or cultural significance; and (c) a highway, road, street, lane or thoroughfare that – (i) is open to, or lawfully used by, the public; or (ii) is a private road that contains residences that have, or are capable of having, separate addresses; and (d) a park, recreation area, sporting ground, walking or bicycle track that is open to or used by the public; and (e) any other area or feature that is, or is likely to be, of public, cultural or historical interest. (2) Despite subsection (1) , a reference to a place in this Act does not include a reference to – (a) a building or similar structure; or (b) a place that is given, or may be given, a name under any other Act; or (c) an area or feature, or class of areas or features, that is prescribed as not being a place for the purposes of this Act.