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### 60V Establishment of Development Assessment Panel
> [*\[Section 60V of Part 4 Inserted by No. 43 of 2009, s. 11, Applied:01 Jan 2010\]*](/view/html/inforce/2010-01-01/act-2009-043#GS11@EN) [*\[Section 60V Subsection (2) amended by No. 51 of 2012, Sched. 2, Applied:01 Jul 2013\]*](/view/html/inforce/2013-07-01/act-2012-051#JS2@Ja3@GC4@EN) [*\[Section 60V Substituted by No. 21 of 2020, s. 12, Applied:28 Oct 2020\]*](/view/html/inforce/2020-10-28/act-2020-021#GS12@EN)
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> > (1) The Commission must establish a Development Assessment Panel (a ***Panel***) in relation to a major project.
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> > (2) A Panel must be established under [subsection (1)](#GS60V@Gs1@EN) in relation to a major project within 42 days, or a longer period allowed by the Minister, after the Commission is given a notice under [section 60R(1)](#GS60R@Gs1@EN) in relation to the major project.
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> > (3) During the period after the Commission is given notice under [section 60R(1)](#GS60R@Gs1@EN) in relation to the major project and before the Panel is established under [subsection (1)](#GS60V@Gs1@EN) in relation to the major project, the Executive Commissioner referred to in [section 5(1)(a) of the](/view/html/inforce/2026-04-12/act-1997-085#GS5@Gs1@Hpa@EN) [Tasmanian Planning Commission Act 1997](/view/html/inforce/2026-04-12/act-1997-085) –
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> > > > (a) is to be taken, for the purposes of this Division, to be the Panel; and
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> > > > (b) may perform and exercise the functions and powers of the Panel.
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> > (4) A function or power performed or exercised under [subsection (3)](#GS60V@Gs3@EN) by the Executive Commissioner referred to in that subsection is to be taken to have been performed or exercised by the Panel.
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> > (5) As soon as practicable after establishing under [subsection (1)](#GS60V@Gs1@EN) a Panel in relation to a major project, the Commission must provide to the Panel –
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> > > > (a) the major project proposal in relation to the major project; and
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> > > > (b) the information, if any, in relation to the major project –
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> > provided to the Commission under [section 60R(1)](#GS60R@Gs1@EN) .