11Making of State Policies by Governor

11 Making of State Policies by Governor

(1)  [Section 11 Subsection (1) amended by No. 85 of 1997, Sched. 4, Applied:01 Jan 1998] After consideration by the Commission of a draft State Policy (including any modifications made under section 10 ), the Commission must submit a report on the draft State Policy to the Minister.

(2)  [Section 11 Subsection (2) amended by No. 85 of 1997, Sched. 4, Applied:01 Jan 1998] The Commission must publish notice of its report to the Minister under subsection (1) in the Gazette and must make the report publicly available.

(3)  [Section 11 Subsection (3) amended by No. 85 of 1997, Sched. 4, Applied:01 Jan 1998] 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.

(4)  The Governor may make a Tasmanian Sustainable Development Policy in accordance with a recommendation made under subsection (3) , and fix a day on which it will come into operation.

(5)  Before it comes into operation, a State Policy must be notified in the Gazette.

(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.

(7)  A State Policy is of no effect until it has been approved by both Houses of Parliament.

(8)  For the purposes of subsection (7) , 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 –

(a) it is approved by that House; or

(b) [Section 11 Subsection (8) amended by No. 21 of 1997, s. 9, Applied:01 Aug 1997] 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that House, no notice has been given of a motion to disallow it or, if such notice has been given, the notice has been withdrawn or the motion has been negatived; or