Land Use Planning and Approvals (Developments on Mount Wellington) Amendment Act 2013


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Land Use Planning and Approvals (Developments on Mount Wellington) Amendment Act 2013

An Act to amend the Land Use Planning and Approvals Act 1993 to remove the veto power of the Wellington Park Management Trust over applications for permit for development within Wellington Park

[Royal Assent 13 December 2013]

Be it enacted by His Excellency the Governor of Tasmania, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council and House of Assembly, in Parliament assembled, as follows:

1.   Short title

This Act may be cited as the Land Use Planning and Approvals (Developments on Mount Wellington) Amendment Act 2013 .

2.   Commencement

This Act commences on the day on which this Act receives the Royal Assent.

3.   Principal Act

In this Act, the Land Use Planning and Approvals Act 1993 is referred to as the Principal Act.

4.    Section 52A amended (Permit for development of land in Wellington Park)

Section 52A of the Principal Act is amended as follows:
(a) by omitting "the application must –" and substituting "in assessing the application for the permit, the relevant planning authority must take into account the standards, values and conditions set out in each management plan, within the meaning of the Wellington Park Act 1993 , in force as at the date of the application for the permit.";
(b) by omitting paragraphs (a) and (b) .

[Second reading presentation speech made in:

House of Assembly on 16 OCTOBER 2013

Legislative Council on 12 NOVEMBER 2013]