Major Infrastructure Development Approvals (North West Transmission Upgrades Project) Order 2026
I make the following order under section 11(1)(f) of the Major Infrastructure Development Approvals Act 1999 .
18 February 2026K. J. VINCENT
Minister for Housing and Planning
This order may be cited as the Major Infrastructure Development Approvals (North West Transmission Upgrades Project) Order 2026 .
This order takes effect on the day on which its making is notified in the Gazette.
In this order –Act means the Major Infrastructure Development Approvals Act 1999 ;Commission’s draft assessment report means a draft assessment report prepared by the Commission in relation to impacts on any matters of national environmental significance resulting from the North West Transmission Upgrades Project;Commonwealth Department means the Commonwealth Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water.
For the purposes of section 11(1)(f) of the Act, a period of 20 days after the Commission receives advice, identified as final from the Commonwealth Department in respect of the Commission’s draft assessment report, is specified as the further period within which the Commission must grant or refuse to grant a permit for a use or development of the North West Transmission Upgrades Project.
The Major Infrastructure Development Approvals (North West Transmission Upgrades Project) Order 2021 is revoked.
Displayed and numbered in accordance with the Rules Publication Act 1953.
Notified in the Gazette on 11 March 2026
This order is administered in the Department of State Growth.
EXPLANATORY NOTE
(This note is not part of the order)
This order, for the purposes of the Major Infrastructure Development Approvals Act 1999 –(a) provides for a further period within which the Tasmanian Planning Commission may grant or refuse to grant a permit for a use or development of the North West Transmission Upgrades Project; and(b) revokes a previous order that provided for such a period.