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60ZZXLimitations on ability to make minor amendments to major project permits
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### 60ZZX Limitations on ability to make minor amendments to major project permits
> [*\[Section 60ZZX Inserted by No. 21 of 2020, s. 12, Applied:28 Oct 2020\]*](/view/html/inforce/2020-10-28/act-2020-021#GS12@EN)
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> > (1) The relevant decision-maker may only amend under [section 60ZZW(1)](#GS60ZZW@Gs1@EN) or [(2)](#GS60ZZW@Gs2@EN) a major project permit in relation to an area of land if –
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> > > > (a) at least 14 days before amending the permit, the relevant decision-maker has made a reasonable attempt to provide a copy of the proposed amendment to –
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> > > > > > (i) the relevant planning authority in relation to the major project; and
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> > > > > > (ii) the State Service Agencies, and Tasmanian Government Businesses, that the relevant decision-maker believes have an interest in the project; and
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> > > > > > (iii) if all or part of the land is in Wellington Park – the Wellington Park Management Trust; and
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> > > > > > (iv) each person who made a representation under [section 60ZZD(1)](#GS60ZZD@Gs1@EN) in relation to the major project that is a representation that is relevant to the proposed amendment; and
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> > > > (b) the relevant decision-maker has considered any objections in relation to the proposed amendment that it has received under [subsection (2)](#GS60ZZX@Gs2@EN) .
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> > (2) A person to whom a copy of the proposed amendment of a major project permit has been provided under [subsection (1)](#GS60ZZX@Gs1@EN) may, within 14 days of receiving the copy, by notice to the relevant decision-maker, set out the person's objections to the proposed amendment.
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> > (3) The relevant decision-maker may only amend under [section 60ZZW(1)](#GS60ZZW@Gs1@EN) or [(2)](#GS60ZZW@Gs2@EN) a major project permit if the amendment –
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> > > > (a) will not cause an increase in detriment to any person other than the proponent; and
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> > > > (b) does not change the use or development for which the permit was issued, other than by changing in a minor way the description of the use or development.
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> > (3A) [*\[Section 60ZZX Subsection (3A) inserted by No. 33 of 2022, s. 30, Applied:17 May 2023\]*](/view/html/inforce/2023-05-17/act-2022-033#GS30@EN) The relevant decision-maker may, subject to [subsection (3)](#GS60ZZX@Gs3@EN) , amend under [section 60ZZW(1)](#GS60ZZW@Gs1@EN) or [(2)](#GS60ZZW@Gs2@EN) a major project permit in relation to an additional area of land that is specified in an amendment to a declaration of a major project made under [section 60TG(2)](#GS60TG@Gs2@EN) .
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> > (4) The relevant decision-maker may only amend under [section 60ZZW(1)](#GS60ZZW@Gs1@EN) or [(2)](#GS60ZZW@Gs2@EN) a major project permit in relation to an area of land if the relevant decision-maker is satisfied that the permit, as so amended –
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> > > > (a) would further the objectives specified in [Schedule 1](#JS1@EN) ; and
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> > > > (b) would not be in contravention of a State Policy; and
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> > > > (c) would not be in contravention of the TPPs; and
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> > > > (d) would not be inconsistent with a regional land use strategy that applies to the land on which the project is to be situated.
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> > (5) The relevant decision-maker may, if [subsection (4)](#GS60ZZX@Gs4@EN) is complied with in relation to a proposed amendment, amend under [section 60ZZW(1)](#GS60ZZW@Gs1@EN) or [(2)](#GS60ZZW@Gs2@EN) the major project permit in relation to an area of land even though the permit, as so amended, would be inconsistent with a relevant planning scheme.