Justice and Related Legislation (Miscellaneous Amendments) Bill 2026
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TASMANIA
JUSTICE AND RELATED LEGISLATION
(MISCELLANEOUS AMENDMENTS) BILL 2026
CONTENTS
PART 1 – PRELIMINARY
Short title
Commencement
Repeal of Act
PART 2 – LOCAL GOVERNMENT (HIGHWAYS) ACT 1982
AMENDED
Principal Act
Section 46 amended (Permission to carry out various works in
relation to highways)
PART 3 – LOCAL GOVERNMENT ACT 1993 AMENDED
Principal Act
Section 28ZK amended (Notification of determination of code of
conduct complaint)
PART 4 – RETIREMENT VILLAGES ACT 2004 AMENDED
Principal Act
Section 14B amended (Tribunal may order increase in recurrent
charges in certain circumstances)
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PART 5 – TASMANIAN CIVIL AND ADMINISTRATIVE TRIBUNAL
ACT 2020 AMENDED
10. Principal Act
11. Section 115 substituted
115. Changes to time limits
12. Section 160A inserted
160A. Further amendment of regulations not prevented
13. Section 162 inserted
162. Savings provision consequent on Justice and Related
Legislation (Miscellaneous Amendments) Act 2026
14. Schedule 2 amended (General Division)
15. Schedule 3 amended (Protective Division)
PART 6 – TASMANIAN CIVIL AND ADMINISTRATIVE TRIBUNAL
REGULATIONS 2021 AMENDED
16. Principal Regulations
17. Schedule 2 amended (Fees)
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JUSTICE AND RELATED LEGISLATION
(MISCELLANEOUS AMENDMENTS) BILL 2026
(Brought in by the Minister for Justice, Corrections and
Rehabilitation, the Honourable Guy Barnett)
A BILL FOR
An Act to amend the Local Government Act 1993, the Local
Government (Highways) Act 1982, the Retirement Villages
Act 2004 and the Tasmanian Civil and Administrative
Tribunal Act 2020 and regulations made under that Act
Be it enacted by Her 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:
PART 1 – PRELIMINARY
Short title
This Act may be cited as the Justice and Related
Legislation (Miscellaneous Amendments) Act
Commencement
This Act commences on the day on which this
Act receives the Royal Assent.
Repeal of Act
This Act is repealed on the first anniversary of
the day on which it commenced.
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s. 4 Part 2 – Local Government (Highways) Act 1982 Amended
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PART 2 – LOCAL GOVERNMENT (HIGHWAYS) ACT
1982 AMENDED
4. Principal Act
In this Part, the Local Government (Highways)
Act 1982* is referred to as the Principal Act.
5. Section 46 amended (Permission to carry out
various works in relation to highways)
Section 46 of the Principal Act is amended as
follows:
(a) by omitting from subsection (8)
“subsections (9) and (10)” and
substituting “subsection (9)”;
(b) by omitting subsection (10).
*No. 57 of 1982
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Part 3 – Local Government Act 1993 Amended s. 6
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PART 3 – LOCAL GOVERNMENT ACT 1993
AMENDED
6. Principal Act
In this Part, the Local Government Act 1993* is
referred to as the Principal Act.
7. Section 28ZK amended (Notification of
determination of code of conduct complaint)
Section 28ZK(6)(a) of the Principal Act is
amended by omitting “Magistrates Court
(Administrative Appeals Division)” and
substituting “Tasmanian Civil and
Administrative Tribunal”.
*No. 95 of 1993
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s. 8 Part 4 – Retirement Villages Act 2004 Amended
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PART 4 – RETIREMENT VILLAGES ACT 2004
AMENDED
8. Principal Act
In this Part, the Retirement Villages Act 2004* is
referred to as the Principal Act.
9. Section 14B amended (Tribunal may order increase
in recurrent charges in certain circumstances)
Section 14B of the Principal Act is amended as
follows:
(a) by omitting from subsection (6) “Subject
to subsection (7), the” and substituting
“The”;
(b) by omitting subsection (7).
*No. 50 of 2004
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Part 5 – Tasmanian Civil and Administrative Tribunal Act 2020 Amended s. 10
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PART 5 – TASMANIAN CIVIL AND
ADMINISTRATIVE TRIBUNAL ACT 2020 AMENDED
10. Principal Act
In this Part, the Tasmanian Civil and
Administrative Tribunal Act 2020* is referred to
as the Principal Act.
11. Section 115 substituted
Section 115 of the Principal Act is repealed and
the following section is substituted:
115. Changes to time limits
(1) The Tribunal rules may provide for the
Tribunal to, on the application of the
applicant or another party to proceedings,
or on its own initiative, extend or shorten
a time limit for doing anything in
connection with any proceedings, or the
commencement of proceedings, despite
the time limit otherwise imposed under
this Act or a relevant Act.
(2) A time limit may be –
(a) extended or shortened subject to
conditions specified by the
Tribunal; and
*No. 24 of 2020
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(b) extended even if the original time
limit has ended.
12. Section 160A inserted
Before section 161 of the Principal Act, the
following section is inserted in Division 3:
160A. Further amendment of regulations not
prevented
The amendment of a provision of
regulations made under this Act, or any
other Act, by an Act amending this Act
does not prevent that or any other
provision of the regulations from being
amended or rescinded by a subsequent
regulation.
13. Section 162 inserted
After section 161 of the Principal Act, the
following section is inserted in Division 3:
162. Savings provision consequent on Justice and
Related Legislation (Miscellaneous
Amendments) Act 2026
Proceedings commenced or instituted in
the Resource and Planning stream in
relation to the Retirement Villages Act
2004 before the commencement of the
Justice and Related Legislation
(Miscellaneous Amendments) Act 2026
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Part 5 – Tasmanian Civil and Administrative Tribunal Act 2020 Amended s. 14
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are to be heard and determined in that
stream as if that Act had not commenced.
14. Schedule 2 amended (General Division)
Schedule 2 to the Principal Act is amended as
follows:
(a) by omitting the definitions of health
practitioner and National Law from
clause 1 of Part 1;
(b) by omitting paragraph (ra) from clause 3
of Part 8;
(c) by omitting from clause 4(1)(b)(i) of Part
8 “resource economics”;
(d) by omitting from clause 4(1)(b)(xiii) of
Part 8 “.” and substituting “;”;
(e) by inserting the following subparagraph
after subparagraph (xiii) in clause 4(1)(b)
of Part 8:
(xiv) resource economics.
15. Schedule 3 amended (Protective Division)
Schedule 3 to the Principal Act is amended as
follows:
(a) by omitting the definition of Division
function or power from clause 1 of Part
1;
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(b) by omitting the definition of government
department from clause 1 of Part 4;
(c) by omitting the definitions of restrictive
intervention and service provider from
clause 1 of Part 4;
(d) by omitting “;” from the definition of
spouse in clause 1 of Part 4 and
substituting “.”;
(e) by omitting the definition of State
authority from clause 1 of Part 4.
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Part 6 – Tasmanian Civil and Administrative Tribunal Regulations 2021
Amended
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PART 6 – TASMANIAN CIVIL AND
ADMINISTRATIVE TRIBUNAL REGULATIONS 2021
AMENDED
16. Principal Regulations
In this Part, the Tasmanian Civil and
Administrative Tribunal Regulations 2021* are
referred to as the Principal Regulations.
17. Schedule 2 amended (Fees)
Schedule 2 to the Principal Regulations is
amended by inserting after paragraph (b) in item
6 the following item:
6A. Application under section 115 of the Act to extend
or shorten time limit
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