Interpretation
3 Interpretation
In this Act, unless the contrary intention appears – agency means – a department or other agency of government of the State or of the Commonwealth; or an authority of the State or of the Commonwealth established for a public purpose; or a planning authority; or the Municipal Association of Tasmania; or any other person undertaking a function for the public benefit;Commission means the Tasmanian Planning Commission established under the Tasmanian Planning Commission Act 1997; State of the Environment Report means a report prepared under section 29;State Policy means a Tasmanian Sustainable Development Policy.
Words and expressions used both in this Act and in the Land Use Planning and Approvals Act 1993 have in this Act, unless the contrary intention appears, the same respective meanings as they have in that Act.
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