State Policies and Projects (Fees) Regulations 2023

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 – the chairperson, or a delegate, in respect of the project; or a consultant in respect of the project.

The cumulative working period for a class of persons, in respect of a project stage, is calculated by – adding the total number of hours worked by all members of that class of persons on that project stage; and dividing that total number of hours by – in the case of the calculation of a cumulative working period for staff – 7.35; or for any other calculation of a cumulative working period – 8; and rounding the final number up to two decimal places.