Land Use Planning and Approvals (Application of Act) Amendment Regulations 2001

Land Use Planning and Approvals (Application of Act) Amendment Regulations 2001

I, the Governor in and over the State of Tasmania and its Dependencies in the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Executive Council, make the following regulations under the Land Use Planning and Approvals Act 1993 .

17 December 2001

G. S. M. GREEN

Governor

By His Excellency's Command,

D. E. LLEWELLYN

Minister for Primary Industries, Water and Environment

1.   Short title

These regulations may be cited as the Land Use Planning and Approvals (Application of Act) Amendment Regulations 2001 .

2.   Commencement

These regulations take effect on the day on which their making is notified in the Gazette.

3.   Principal Regulations

In these regulations, the Land Use Planning and Approvals (Application of Act) Regulations 1994 are referred to as the Principal Regulations.

4.    Regulation 2A inserted

After regulation 2 of the Principal Regulations , the following regulation is inserted:

2A.   Interpretation

In these regulations –

Act means the Land Use Planning and Approvals Act 1993 ;

telecommunications infrastructure means –

(a) any underground conduit or cable; and

(b) any inspection pits or similar facilities installed in conjunction with the conduit or cable; and

(c) any equipment installed in conjunction with the conduit or cable; and

(d) any cable or conduit location marking post or sign installed in conjunction with the conduit or cable.

5.    Regulation 4 inserted

After regulation 3 of the Principal Regulations , the following regulation is inserted:

4.   Excluded development

For the purpose of the definition of "development" in the Act, the installation of any telecommunications infrastructure is not included within that definition if the installation is in conjunction with the construction of a pipeline as defined in the Gas Pipelines Act 2000 that is constructed in accordance with a permit.

Displayed and numbered in accordance with the Rules Publication Act 1953.

Notified in the Gazette on 19 December 2001

These regulations are administered in the Department of Primary Industries, Water and Environment.

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the regulation)

These regulations amend the Land Use Planning and Approvals (Application of Act) Regulations 1994 by excluding certain infrastructure from the definition of development in the Land Use Planning and Approvals Act 1993 .