Land Use Planning and Approvals (Miscellaneous Amendments) Bill 2026

[Bill 22]-VII TASMANIA

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LAND USE PLANNING AND APPROVALS (MISCELLANEOUS AMENDMENTS) BILL 2026

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CONTENTS PART 1 – PRELIMINARY

1. Short title
2. Commencement PART 2 – LAND USE PLANNING AND APPROVALS ACT 1993 AMENDED
3. Principal Act
4. Section 14 amended (Contents of State Planning Provisions)
5. Section 30NB amended (Interim SPPs amendments)
6. Section 34 amended (LPS criteria)
7. Section 54 amended (Additional information)
8. Section 57 amended (Applications for discretionary permits) PART 3 – LOCAL GOVERNMENT (BUILDING AND MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS) ACT 1993 AMENDED
9. Principal Act
10. Section 80 amended (Interpretation of Part 3) PART 4 – REPEAL OF ACT
11. Repeal of Act

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[Bill 22] 3 LAND USE PLANNING AND APPROVALS (MISCELLANEOUS AMENDMENTS) BILL 2026 (Brought in by the Minister for Business, Industry and Resources, the Honourable Felix Ashton Ellis) A BILL FOR An Act to amend the Land Use Planning and Approvals Act 1993 and the Local Government (Building and Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1993 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

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Land Use Planning and Approvals (Miscellaneous Amendments) Act
3. Commencement This Act commences on the day on which this Act receives the Royal Assent.

Land Use Planning and Approvals (Miscellaneous Amendments) Act 2026 Act No. of 2026 s. 3 Part 2 – Land Use Planning and Approvals Act 1993 Amended 4 PART 2 – LAND USE PLANNING AND APPROVALS ACT 1993 AMENDED 3. Principal Act In this Part, the Land Use Planning and Approvals Act 1993* is referred to as the Principal Act. 4. Section 14 amended (Contents of State Planning Provisions) Section 14(1) of the Principal Act is amended by inserting after paragraph (g) the following paragraph: (ga) may contain a map, overlay, list or other provision that provides for the spatial application of the SPPs to land; and 5. Section 30NB amended (Interim SPPs amendments) Section 30NB(4)(a) of the Principal Act is amended by omitting “safety or a prescribed circumstance or matter” and substituting “safety, a prescribed circumstance or matter or any other matter recommended by the Commission”.

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*No. 70 of 1993

Land Use Planning and Approvals (Miscellaneous Amendments) Act 2026 Act No. of 2026 Part 2 – Land Use Planning and Approvals Act 1993 Amended s. 6 5 6. Section 34 amended (LPS criteria) Section 34 of the Principal Act is amended as follows: (a) by omitting paragraph (da) from subsection (2) and substituting the following paragraph: (da) is consistent with the TPPs; and (b) by omitting from subsection (2)(e) “is situated”; (c) by inserting in subsection (2)(e) “is situated, being the regional land use strategy in force at the relevant time” after “relates”; (d) by omitting subsection (2A) and substituting the following subsection: (2A) For the purposes of subsection (2)(e), the relevant time is – (a) in the case of a draft LPS or an LPS, the time at which the relevant planning authority provides the Commission with a report under section 35F(1); or (b) in the case of a draft amendment of an LPS or an amendment of an LPS