Land Use Planning and Approvals Act 1993

The Minister, within 7 days after a declaration of a major project is made in relation to a project, or within 7 days after a declaration is made under section 60O(1)(b) that a project is not to be a major project, is to notify, in writing – the proponent of the project; and if the proponent is not the owner of all the land on which the project is or was to be situated – the owners of the parts of the land that the proponent does not own; and the owners of, the occupiers of, and the lessees of, any part of land adjoining the land on which the project is or was to be situated; and the council that is a relevant planning authority in relation to the project; and each council that is not a relevant planning authority in relation to the project but that is the council for a municipal area that is in the regional area, or regional areas, in which the project is or was to be situated; and if the project is or was to be situated on an area of land that is not within any municipal area – all councils for an area of land in a regional area that is adjacent to the area of land in which the project is or was to be situated; and the Commission; and each State Service Agency, or Tasmanian Government Business, that the Minister considers may have an interest in relation to a matter to which the project relates; and if the land on which the project is or was to be situated is situated in Wellington Park – the Wellington Park Management Trust; and any other person, or class of persons, that is prescribed.

The Minister is to provide to the Commission, together with a notice under subsection (1) in relation to a declaration of a major project – the major project proposal; and any information, in relation to the major project, provided to the Minister under section 60H(3).

The Minister must ensure that a notice specifying – that a declaration of a major project has been made; and an electronic address, and an address of the Commission, where a copy of the declaration may be viewed – is published in the Gazette and in a newspaper that is published, and circulates generally, in Tasmania.