18Declaration of project of State significance

18 Declaration of project of State significance

(1)  If the Minister considers that a project is a project of State significance, the Minister may recommend to the Governor the making of an order declaring the project to be a project of State significance.

(2)  The Governor may make an order in accordance with a recommendation made under subsection (1) .

(3)  An order under subsection (2) must be published in the Gazette.

(3A)  [Section 18 Subsection (3A) inserted by No. 16 of 2023, s. 4, Applied:31 Aug 2023] An order under subsection (2) in respect of a project of State significance –

(a) may include the requirement that an order made under section 26 in respect of the project is of no effect until the order under section 26 has been approved, under that section, by resolution of each House of Parliament; and

(b) must include the requirement referred to in paragraph (a) if one or more of the persons proposing the project of State significance is –

(i) the Crown in right of Tasmania including, but not limited to, an Agency within the meaning of the Financial Management Act 2016 ; or

(ii) an entity within the meaning of the Financial Management Act 2016 .

(4)  The Minister must cause an order under subsection (2) to be laid before each House of Parliament within the first 10 sitting days of the House after it is so published.

(5)  An order under subsection (2) is of no effect until it has been approved by both Houses of Parliament.

(6)  For the purposes of subsection (5) , a House of Parliament is to be taken to have approved an order under subsection (2) if a copy of it has been laid on the table of that House and –