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State Policies and Projects Act 1993
11Making of State Policies by Governor
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### 11 Making of State Policies by Governor
> > (1) [*\[Section 11 Subsection (1) amended by No. 85 of 1997, Sched. 4, Applied:01 Jan 1998\]*](/view/html/inforce/1998-01-01/act-1997-085#JS4@Ja12@GC6@EN) After consideration by the Commission of a draft State Policy (including any modifications made under [section 10](#GS10@EN) ), the Commission must submit a report on the draft State Policy to the Minister.
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> > (2) [*\[Section 11 Subsection (2) amended by No. 85 of 1997, Sched. 4, Applied:01 Jan 1998\]*](/view/html/inforce/1998-01-01/act-1997-085#JS4@Ja12@GC6@EN) The Commission must publish notice of its report to the Minister under [subsection (1)](#GS11@Gs1@EN) in the *Gazette* and must make the report publicly available.
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> > (3) [*\[Section 11 Subsection (3) amended by No. 85 of 1997, Sched. 4, Applied:01 Jan 1998\]*](/view/html/inforce/1998-01-01/act-1997-085#JS4@Ja12@GC6@EN) The Minister may, on receipt of a report on a draft State Policy from the Commission, recommend to the Governor the making of a Tasmanian Sustainable Development Policy.
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> > (4) The Governor may make a Tasmanian Sustainable Development Policy in accordance with a recommendation made under [subsection (3)](#GS11@Gs3@EN) , and fix a day on which it will come into operation.
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> > (5) Before it comes into operation, a State Policy must be notified in the *Gazette*.
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> > (6) The Minister must cause a State Policy to be laid before each House of Parliament within the first 10 sitting days of the House after it is so notified.
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> > (7) A State Policy is of no effect until it has been approved by both Houses of Parliament.
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> > (8) For the purposes of [subsection (7)](#GS11@Gs7@EN) , a House of Parliament is to be taken to have approved a State Policy if a copy of it has been laid on the table of that House and –
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> > > > (a) it is approved by that House; or
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> > > > (b) [*\[Section 11 Subsection (8) amended by No. 21 of 1997, s. 9, Applied:01 Aug 1997\]*](/view/html/inforce/1997-08-01/act-1997-021#GS9@EN) at the expiration of 10 sitting days after it was laid on the table of that House, no notice has been given of a motion to disallow it or, if such notice has been given, the notice has been withdrawn or the motion has been negatived; or
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> > > > (c) [*\[Section 11 Subsection (8) amended by No. 21 of 1997, s. 9, Applied:01 Aug 1997\]*](/view/html/inforce/1997-08-01/act-1997-021#GS9@EN) if any notice of a motion to disallow it is given during that period of 10 sitting days, the notice is, after the expiration of that period, withdrawn or the motion is negatived.