Greater Hobart Act 2019

The Committee may decide that it is of the opinion that amendments to the Southern Tasmania Regional Land Use Strategy are required to be made in order to ensure that some or all of those activities that are to be implemented in a work program so as to further the Greater Hobart Objectives are consistent with the Strategy.

A decision may only be made under subsection (1) – by the majority of the members of the Committee; and if that majority includes no fewer than 3 of the members who are mayors of Greater Hobart area councils.

If a decision is made under subsection (1), the chairperson of the Committee is to give a notice to the Planning Minister requesting the Planning Minister to consider whether amendments to the Southern Tasmania Regional Land Use Strategy are required to be made under section 5A of the Land Use Planning and Approvals Act 1993 in order for the work program to be consistent with the Strategy.

The Planning Minister, after receiving a notice under subsection (3), is to advise the chairperson of the Committee in writing that the Planning Minister – is of the opinion that the work program is consistent with the Southern Tasmania Regional Land Use Strategy; or is of the opinion that the work program is not consistent with the Southern Tasmania Regional Land Use Strategy.

If the Planning Minister advises the chairperson of the Committee, in a notice under subsection (4), that the Minister is of the opinion that the work program is not consistent with the Southern Tasmania Regional Land Use Strategy, the notice is to set out – the extent, if any, to which the work program is not consistent with the Strategy; and the reasons why the Planning Minister intends, or does not intend, to amend the Southern Tasmania Regional Land Use Strategy under section 5A of the Land Use Planning and Approvals Act 1993 so that the work program becomes consistent with the Strategy.

The chairperson of the Committee, as soon as practicable after receiving advice under subsection (5), is to provide the advice to the Committee.

The Committee, after considering the advice provided to it under subsection (6), is to consider whether the Committee wishes to make amendments to the work program under Division 3 so that, in the opinion of the Committee, the work program will be consistent with the Southern Tasmania Regional Land Use Strategy.