Macquarie Point Development Corporation Act 2012 (Tas)

Macquarie Point Development Corporation Act 2012

An Act to establish a corporation for the purpose of undertaking the remediation of certain land at Macquarie Point, Hobart, in accordance with an Intergovernmental Agreement dated 22 June 2012 entered into by the Commonwealth of Australia and the State of Tasmania, and for the purpose of facilitating, undertaking and managing the redevelopment of that land, and for other purposes [Royal Assent 11 December 2012]

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 Macquarie Point Development Corporation Act 2012 .

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 – Agency has the same meaning as in the State Service Act 2000 ; Board means the board of directors of the Corporation established under section 9 ; Brooke Street pier means the pier and associated wharf infrastructure located in Sullivans Cove, Hobart, and known as "Brooke Street Pier"; chief executive officer means the chief executive officer of the Corporation appointed under section 15 ; Commission means the Tasmanian Planning Commission established under the Tasmanian Planning Commission Act 1997 ; corporate plan means a corporate plan referred to in section 38 ; Corporation means the Macquarie Point Development Corporation established by section 5 ; director means a person appointed as a director of the Board in accordance with this Act; employee means a person appointed or employed pursuant to section 19 ; financial statements means the financial statements referred to in section 49 ; Intergovernmental Agreement means the agreement, dated 22 June 2012, entered into by the Commonwealth of Australia and the State of Tasmania concerning the remediation of the Macquarie Point land and the redevelopment of the Brooke Street pier; Macquarie Point land means the land at Macquarie Point, Hobart, comprised in Tasmanian folio of the Register Volume 113521 Folio 1 registered under the Land Titles Act 1980 ; officer means – (a) a director; and (b) the chief executive officer; and (c) a person who is concerned with, or takes part in, the management of the Corporation; partner, in relation to a person, means a person with whom the person is in a personal relationship, within the meaning of the Relationships Act 2003 ; Planning Minister means the Minister to whom the administration of the Land Use Planning and Approvals Act 1993 is assigned; planning scheme has the same meaning as in the Land Use Planning and Approvals Act 1993 ; Register means the register of title to land referred to in section 33 of the Land Titles Act 1980 ; relative, in relation to a person, means – (a) the spouse or partner of the person; and (b) a parent or remoter linear ancestor of the person; and (c) a child or remoter issue of the person; and (d) a brother or sister of the person; relevant planning scheme means the planning scheme that, under the Land Use Planning and Approvals Act 1993 , applies from time to time to the site; relevant planning scheme planning authority means the planning authority, within the meaning of the Land Use Planning and Approvals Act 1993 , for any part of the land that comprises the site; relevant statutory authority means – (a) the Corporation within the meaning of the Water and Sewerage Corporation Act 2012 ; and (b) any company established under the Port Companies Act 1997 ; and (c) a person, or body, established under an Act, that is prescribed for the purposes of this definition; site means – (a) the Macquarie Point land; and (b) any Crown land, in proximity to the Macquarie Point land, that is transferred by the Minister to the Corporation for the purposes of this Act; and (c) any land, in proximity to the Macquarie Point land, purchased by the Corporation for the purposes of this Act with the written approval of the Minister; site master plan means the site master plan prepared under section 37 ; subsidiary has the same meaning as in the Corporations Act. (2) A body corporate is a subsidiary of the Corporation if, were the Corporation and body corporate corporations under the Corporations Act, the body corporate would be a subsidiary of the Corporation under that Act.