Housing Land Supply Act 2018 (Tas)

Housing Land Supply Act 2018

An Act to assist the acute demand for housing to be met, by enabling the rapid, appropriate rezoning of certain government land, the alteration of planning provisions that apply to such land, the transfer to Homes Tasmania of Crown land that is declared to be housing supply land under this Act, and for related purposes [Royal Assent 20 July 2018]

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 Housing Land Supply Act 2018 .

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

3. Interpretation In this Act, unless the contrary intention appears – applicable planning scheme, in relation to an area of land, means the planning scheme that applies to the area of land; commencement day means the day on which this Act commences; Commission means the Tasmanian Planning Commission established under the Tasmanian Planning Commission Act 1997 ; Crown land has the same meaning as in the Crown Lands Act 1976 ; government land means land that is – (a) Crown land; or (b) Homes Tasmania Act land; or (c) owned in fee simple by the body corporate continued under section 4 of the Tasmanian Development Act 1983 ; Head of Agency has the same meaning as in the State Service Act 2000 ; Homes Tasmania means Homes Tasmania established by section 9(1) of the Homes Tasmania Act 2022 ; Homes Tasmania Act land means land acquired, vested in or held under the Homes Tasmania Act 2022 by Homes Tasmania; housing land supply order means an order made under section 4(1) , as amended, if at all, under section 8(1) , that has not been revoked by an order that is in effect under section 14(3) ; housing supply land means land – (a) that is declared to be housing supply land in a housing land supply order; and (b) that has not, in accordance with section 14(4) , ceased to be housing supply land; interested persons – see section 11 ; LPS has the same meaning as in the Land Use Planning and Approvals Act 1993 ; planning authority has the same meaning as in the Land Use Planning and Approvals Act 1993 ; planning scheme has the same meaning as in the Land Use Planning and Approvals Act 1993 ; regional land use strategy, in relation to an area of land, means the regional land use strategy that applies, under the Land Use Planning and Approvals Act 1993 , to the area of land; site-specific qualification, in relation to an area of land, means a site-specific qualification, under the applicable planning scheme, in relation to the area of land; specific area plan, in relation to an area of land, means a specific area plan, under the applicable planning scheme, in relation to the area of land; State Policies means each – (a) Tasmanian Sustainable Development Policy made under section 11 of the State Policies and Projects Act 1993 ; and (b) Tasmanian Sustainable Development Policy that has come into operation under section 12 of the State Policies and Projects Act 1993 ; and (c) national environment protection measure that is taken under section 12A of the State Policies and Projects Act 1993 to be a Tasmanian Sustainable Development Policy; statutory authority means a body or authority, whether incorporated or not, which is established or constituted by or under an Act or under the royal prerogative, being a body or authority which, or of which the governing authority, wholly or partly comprises a person or persons appointed by the Governor, a Minister or another statutory authority; Tasmanian Planning Scheme has the same meaning as in the Land Use Planning and Approvals Act 1993 ; the SPPs has the same meaning as in the Land Use Planning and Approvals Act 1993 ; Water Corporation means the Corporation within the meaning of the Water and Sewerage Corporation Act 2012 ; zoning map, in relation to an applicable planning scheme, has the same meaning as it has in the applicable planning scheme.