(a) the construction, exterior alteration or exterior decoration of a building; and
(b) the demolition or removal of a building or works; and
(c) the construction or carrying out of works; and
(d) the subdivision or consolidation of land, including buildings or airspace; and
(e) the placing or relocation of a building or works on land; and
(f) the construction or putting up for display of signs or hoardings –
but does not include any development of a class or description, including a class or description mentioned in paragraphs (a) to (f) , prescribed by the regulations for the purposes of this definition;
(a) in the case of a fee simple estate in land, the person in whom that estate vested; or
(b) in the case of land not registered under the Land Titles Act 1980 and subject to a mortgage, the person having, for the time being, the equity of redemption in that mortgage; or
(c) in the case of land held under a tenancy for life, the person who is the life tenant; or
(d) in the case of land held under a lease for a term of not less than 99 years or for a term of not less than such other prescribed period, the person who is the lessee of the land; or
(e) in the case of land in respect of which a person has a prescribed interest, that person; or
(f) in the case of Crown land within the meaning of the Crown Lands Act 1976 , the Crown in right of the State of Tasmania –
but does not include the holder of an interest in land other than the Crown in right of Tasmania if the interest of the holder cannot reasonably be discovered by a search of the Register, within the meaning of the Land Titles Act 1980 , or a search conducted at the Registry, within the meaning of the Registration of Deeds Act 1935 .
(a) a department or other agency of Government of the State or of the Commonwealth; or
(b) an authority of the State or of the Commonwealth established for a public purpose; or
(c) a person undertaking a function for the public benefit –
declared by the regulations to be a relevant agency for the purposes of the provision in which the expression occurs or for the purposes of a matter prescribed in the regulations;
(a) established or constituted under a written law or under the royal prerogative; and
(b) a body, or authority, which, or of which the governing authority, wholly or partly comprises a person, or persons, appointed by the Governor, a Minister or another State authority;
works includes any change to the natural or existing condition or topography of land including the removal, destruction or lopping of trees and the removal of vegetation or topsoil, but does not include forest practices, as defined in the Forest Practices Act 1985 , carried out in State forests.