67Transitional provisions

67 Transitional provisions

(1)  In this Part –

commencement day means the day on which this Act commences;

Principal Act means the Resource Planning and Development Commission Act 1997 ;

Resource Planning and Development Commission means the Resource Planning and Development Commission established under the Principal Act as in force immediately before the commencement day;

Tasmanian Planning Commission means the Tasmanian Planning Commission established under the Principal Act as amended by this Act.

(2)  A person who was, immediately before the commencement day, a member of the Resource Planning and Development Commission is to be taken to be a member of the Tasmanian Planning Commission until –

(a) the expiry of the period specified in the instrument under clause 4 of Schedule 2 to the Principal Act appointing the person to be a member of the Resource Planning and Development Commission; or

(b) the person otherwise ceases under the Principal Act to be a member of the Tasmanian Planning Commission.

(3)  All acts, matters and things done or omitted to be done by, or done or suffered in relation to, the Resource Planning and Development Commission before the commencement day are taken to have been done or omitted to be done by, or done or suffered in relation to, the Tasmanian Planning Commission.

(4)  The reference of any question to the Resource Planning and Development Commission in respect of which that Commission has not made a final report before the commencement day is taken to be a reference of that question to the Tasmanian Planning Commission.

(5)  A direction given to or by the Resource Planning and Development Commission before the commencement day and which has not been fulfilled before that day is taken to be a direction given to or by the Tasmanian Planning Commission.

(6)  A delegation by the Resource Planning and Development Commission before the commencement day that is in existence on that day is taken to be a delegation by the Tasmanian Planning Commission.

(7)  A hearing conducted by or on behalf of the Resource Planning and Development Commission which has not been completed before the commencement day continues as if it had been conducted by or on behalf of the Tasmanian Planning Commission.

(8)  All rights, obligations and liabilities of the Resource Planning and Development Commission which are subsisting immediately before the commencement day are transferred to the Tasmanian Planning Commission.

(9)  Any contract, agreement or arrangement entered into by the Resource Planning and Development Commission before the commencement day and in force on that day is to be treated for all purposes as a contract, agreement or arrangement entered into by the Tasmanian Planning Commission.

(10)  Any legal or other proceedings which, before the commencement day, might have been instituted or continued by or against the Resource Planning and Development Commission may be instituted or continued by or against the Tasmanian Planning Commission.

(11)  A reference to the Resource Planning and Development Commission in any –

(a) Act; or

(b) planning scheme or other instrument; or

(c) document –

in force or subsisting on the commencement day is taken to be a reference to the Tasmanian Planning Commission.