State Policies and Projects (Fees) Regulations 2023 (Tas)

State Policies and Projects (Fees) Regulations 2023

I, the Governor in and over the State of Tasmania and its Dependencies in the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Executive Council, make the following regulations under the State Policies and Projects Act 1993 .

20 November 2023

B. BAKER

Governor

By Her Excellency's Command,

JEREMY ROCKLIFF

Premier

1. Short title These regulations may be cited as the State Policies and Projects (Fees) Regulations 2023 .

2. Commencement These regulations take effect on the day on which their making is notified in the Gazette.

3. Interpretation (1) In these regulations – Act means the State Policies and Projects Act 1993 ; chairperson, in relation to a project of State significance, means the person whom the Commission has assigned to chair the integrated assessment of the project under the Act; consultant, in relation to a project of State significance, means a person employed or engaged by the Commission to provide advice, or recommendations, in respect of the project; cumulative working period, in respect of a class of persons for a project stage of a project of State significance – see subregulation (2) ; delegate, in relation to a project of State significance, means a person to whom a function or power of the Commission has been delegated, under section 8 of the Tasmanian Planning Commission Act 1997 , in respect of the project; person proposing the project of State significance has the same meaning as in Part 3 of the Act; project stage, in relation to a project of State significance, means a stage specified in regulation 5(1) ; staff, in relation to a project of State significance, means a person employed or engaged to undertake work in respect of the project at the Commission, other than a person employed or engaged as – (a) the chairperson, or a delegate, in respect of the project; or (b) a consultant in respect of the project. (2) The cumulative working period for a class of persons, in respect of a project stage, is calculated by – (a) adding the total number of hours worked by all members of that class of persons on that project stage; and (b) dividing that total number of hours by – (i) in the case of the calculation of a cumulative working period for staff – 7.35; or (ii) for any other calculation of a cumulative working period – 8; and (c) rounding the final number up to two decimal places.