Overview are likely to impact significantly on matters of national environmental significance under the Commonwealth’s Environmental The draft Land Use Planning and Approvals Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act Amendment (Major Projects) Bill 2018 1999 (EPBC Act). provides for the assessment of projects that have been declared as major projects. The The Office of the Coordinator-General also purpose of this fact sheet is to provide a has a facilitation role; however, this role is high-level summary of the roles and outside the statutory major projects responsibilities of the key decision-makers in assessment process. the proposed major projects process. Key decision-makers are the: Role of the Minister Minister for Planning and Local The Minister’s primary role is to determine Government; whether a project is eligible to declared a Development Assessment Panel (the major project and assessed under the major Panel); projects assessment process. Regulators responsible for the The Minister has no role in the assessment project-associated Acts covered by process of a major project, the selection of the process; the Panel that is established by the Commission to assess a major project, or Tasmanian Planning Commission (the the determination of assessment criteria. Commission); and In order to declare a project for assessment, Local councils who nominate a the Minister must consider that it meets the person with the appropriate eligibility criteria contained in the draft Bill qualifications and experience to be a (see Fact Sheet 2). member of the Panel. After a proponent has requested the The Commonwealth Government may also Minister to declare a project to be a major have a role when a major project requires project, the Minister is responsible for: Commonwealth Government approval. This is where the project involves activities that
Overview The draft Land Use Planning and Approvals Amendment (Major Projects) Bill 2018 provides for the assessment of projects that have been declared as major projects. The purpose of this fact sheet is to provide a high-level summary of the roles and responsibilities of the key decision-makers in the proposed major projects process. Key decision-makers are the: Minister for Planning and Local Government; Development Assessment Panel (the Panel); Regulators responsible for the project-associated Acts covered by the process; Tasmanian Planning Commission (the Commission); and Local councils who nominate a person with the appropriate qualifications and experience to be a member of the Panel. The Commonwealth Government may also have a role when a major project requires Commonwealth Government approval. This is where the project involves activities that are likely to impact significantly on matters of national environmental significance under the Commonwealth’s Environmental Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 (EPBC Act). The Office of the Coordinator-General also has a facilitation role; however, this role is outside the statutory major projects assessment process. Role of the Minister The Minister’s primary role is to determine whether a project is eligible to declared a major project and assessed under the major projects assessment process. The Minister has no role in the assessment process of a major project, the selection of the Panel that is established by the Commission to assess a major project, or the determination of assessment criteria. In order to declare a project for assessment, the Minister must consider that it meets the eligibility criteria contained in the draft Bill (see Fact Sheet 2). After a proponent has requested the Minister to declare a project to be a major project, the Minister is responsible for:
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