12DPublic exhibition of draft of the TPPs

12D Public exhibition of draft of the TPPs

[Section 12D Inserted by No. 36 of 2018, s. 7, Applied:17 Dec 2018]

(1)  The Commission, as soon as practicable after receiving a notice under section 12C(3) in relation to a draft of the TPPs, must ensure that an exhibition notice in relation to the draft of the TPPs is published in accordance with this section.

(2)  The exhibition notice is to be published once before, and once within 14 days after, the first day of the exhibition period, in a newspaper that is published, and circulates generally, in Tasmania.

(3)  An exhibition notice is to –

(a) specify the period that is to be the exhibition period in relation to the draft of the TPPs; and

(b) specify that a copy of the draft of the TPPs is or will be –

(i) available for viewing by the public during the exhibition period at premises, that are offices of the Commission, specified in the notice; and

(ii) available for viewing and downloading by the public, during the exhibition period, at an electronic address specified in the notice; and

(c) contain an invitation to all persons and bodies to, within the exhibition period, make to the Commission a representation in relation to the draft of the TPPs by submitting the representation to –

(i) the premises specified in the notice in accordance with paragraph (b)(i) ; or

(ii) an electronic address specified in the notice.

(4)  The exhibition period, in relation to a draft of the TPPs, is to be a period of 60 days, which period –

(a) begins on the day on which the draft of the TPPs begins to be available for viewing by the public at exhibition premises in accordance with subsection (6)(a) ; and

(b) excludes any days on which the exhibition premises are closed during normal business hours.