Water and Sewerage Industry Act 2008

The relevant regulated entity may make submissions to the planning authority on an application that is the subject of a notice under section 56O(1) and the relevant regulated entity is taken to be a person who has made relevant representations if it has made any such submissions.

For the purposes of subsection (1), a relevant representation is a representation made under – section 43F(3) of the Land Use Planning and Approvals Act 1993, as in force before the commencement of section 10 of the Land Use Planning and Approvals Amendment (Tasmanian Planning Scheme) Act 2015; or section 41 of the Land Use Planning and Approvals Act 1993, as in force after the commencement of section 10 of the Land Use Planning and Approvals Amendment (Tasmanian Planning Scheme) Act 2015; or section 57(5) of the Land Use Planning and Approvals Act 1993.

A submission made under subsection (1) by a regulated entity to a planning authority may include a submission that – the regulated entity does not object to the granting of the permit; or the regulated entity does not object if the permit is subject to conditions specified by the regulated entity; or in the case of a discretionary development permit or combined permit, the regulated entity objects to the granting of the permit on any specified ground.

The planning authority may assume that the relevant regulated entity has no submissions to make in relation to an application of which notice has been given under section 56O(1) if no such submissions are received by the planning authority within 14 days after the notice was given to the relevant regulated entity or within such further period the planning authority may allow.

Notwithstanding subsection (3), the planning authority must allow a reasonable further period if it receives notice under section 56T(1) that the regulated entity requires additional information.