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)](#GS18@Gs1@EN) . > > > (3)  An order under [subsection (2)](#GS18@Gs2@EN) must be published in the *Gazette*. > > > (3A)  [*\[Section 18 Subsection (3A) inserted by No. 16 of 2023, s. 4, Applied:31 Aug 2023\]*](/view/html/inforce/2023-08-31/act-2023-016#GS4@EN) An order under [subsection (2)](#GS18@Gs2@EN) in respect of a project of State significance – > > > > > > (a) may include the requirement that an order made under [section 26](#GS26@EN) in respect of the project is of no effect until the order under [section 26](#GS26@EN) has been approved, under that section, by resolution of each House of Parliament; and > > > > > > > (b) must include the requirement referred to in [paragraph (a)](#GS18@Gs3A@Hpa@EN) 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](/view/html/inforce/2026-04-12/act-2016-042) ; or > > > > > > > > > > > (ii) an entity within the meaning of the [Financial Management Act 2016](/view/html/inforce/2026-04-12/act-2016-042) . > > > (4)  The Minister must cause an order under [subsection (2)](#GS18@Gs2@EN) 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)](#GS18@Gs2@EN) is of no effect until it has been approved by both Houses of Parliament. > > > (6)  For the purposes of [subsection (5)](#GS18@Gs5@EN) , a House of Parliament is to be taken to have approved an order under [subsection (2)](#GS18@Gs2@EN) if a copy of it has been laid on the table of that House and – > > > > > > (a) it is approved by that House; or > > > > > > > (b) at the expiration of 15 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that House, no notice has been given of a motion to disallow it or, if such notice has been given, the notice has been withdrawn or the motion has been negatived; or > > > > > > > (c) if any notice of a motion to disallow it is given during that period of 15 sitting days, the notice is, after the expiration of that period, withdrawn or the motion is negatived.