Land Use Planning and Approvals Act 1993

A planning authority that is given a direction under section 35B(4) in relation to a draft LPS must give notice of the public exhibition of the draft LPS to – each other planning authority for a municipal area that is within the same regional area as the planning authority that received the direction; and each other planning authority for a municipal area that is adjacent to the municipal area in respect of the planning authority that received the direction; and each State Service Agency, or State authority, specified in the direction.

A planning authority that receives a direction under section 35B(4) in relation to a draft LPS must ensure that an exhibition notice in relation to the draft LPS is published in accordance with this section.

The exhibition notice is to be published once before, and once within 14 days after, the first day of the exhibition period, in a newspaper that is published, and circulates generally, in Tasmania.

An exhibition notice is to – specify the period that is to be the exhibition period in relation to the draft LPS; and specify that the relevant exhibition documents are or will be – available for viewing by the public, during the exhibition period, at premises, that are offices of the planning authority, specified in the notice; and available for viewing and downloading by the public, during the exhibition period, at an electronic address specified in the notice; and contain an invitation to all persons and bodies to, within the exhibition period, make to the planning authority a representation in relation to the relevant exhibition documents in relation to the draft LPS by submitting the representation to – the premises specified in the notice in accordance with paragraph (b)(i); or an electronic address specified in the notice.

The exhibition period, in relation to a draft LPS, is to be a period of 60 days – beginning on the day on which relevant exhibition documents in relation to the draft LPS begin to be available for viewing by the public at exhibition premises in accordance with section 35D(1)(a)(i); and excluding any days on which the exhibition premises are closed during normal business hours.