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Pulp Mill Assessment Act 2007
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### 3 Interpretation
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> > > ***consultant*** means the consultant appointed by the Minister under [section 4(1)](#GS4@Gs1@EN) ;
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> > > ***guidelines*** means the Recommended Environmental Emission Limit Guidelines for any new Bleached Eucalypt Kraft Pulp Mill in Tasmania prepared by the Resource Planning and Development Commission on behalf of the Government dated August 2004, a copy of which is set out in [Schedule 1](#JS1@EN) ;
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> > > ***project*** means the project declared by the Administrator to be a project of State significance on 22 November 2004 in Statutory Rules 2004, No. 111, being the proposal by Gunns Limited (ACN 009 478 148), as amended, for the development and operation of a bleached kraft pulp mill in northern Tasmania including any use or development which is necessary or convenient for the implementation of the project, including but not limited to the development and operation of any facility or infrastructure for –
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> > > > > (a) the supply or distribution of energy to or from the mill; and
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> > > > > (b) the collection, treatment or supply of water; and
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> > > > > (c) the treatment, disposal or storage of waste or effluent; and
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> > > > > (d) access to or from the mill; and
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> > > > > (e) transport to or from the mill; and
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> > > > > (f) the storage of pulp at, or transport of pulp from, a sea port in the northern region or the north-western region; and
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> > > > > (g) the production of materials for use in association with the operation of the mill;
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> > > ***Pulp Mill Permit*** means the permit prepared by the Minister under [section 6(8)](#GS6@Gs8@EN) ;
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> > > ***relevant person*** means a person or body, including a State Service Agency, that, in the opinion of the Minister, would, if this Act had not been enacted, be responsible for issuing or regulating a permit, licence or approval for, or regulating an action relating to, the project.
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> > (2) Unless the contrary intention appears, an expression used in this Act has the same meaning as it has in the [Land Use Planning and Approvals Act 1993](/view/html/inforce/2026-04-12/act-1993-070) .