Section 3(1) of the Principal Act is amended as follows:

(a) by inserting the following definitions after the definition of agreement :

amendment of an LPS means an amendment, of an LPS, that is approved under section 40Q ;

amendment of the SPPs means an amendment, of the SPPs, that is made under section 30P ;

(b) by omitting ", or special planning order," from the definition of certifiable scheme or order ;

(c) by inserting "or to which, but for section 40Y(5) , section 57 would apply" after "applies" in the definition of discretionary permit ;

(d) by inserting the following definition after the definition of discretionary permit :

dispensation means a dispensation granted under this Act;

(e) by omitting the definitions of interim planning directive and interim planning scheme ;

(f) by inserting the following definitions after the definition of land :

Local Provisions Schedule means a Local Provisions Schedule that is in effect under section 35M(3) and includes such a Schedule as amended, if at all, by an amendment of an LPS that is in effect under section 40S(1) ;

LPS means a Local Provisions Schedule;

LPS criteria means the matters specified in section 34 ;

(g) by inserting the following definitions after the definition of modification :

municipal area includes a part of a municipal area;

municipal district means a municipal area;

(h) by omitting the definition of municipal district ;

(i) by omitting "or special planning order" from the definition of permit ;

(j) by omitting the definitions of planning directive and planning scheme and substituting the following definition:

planning scheme  – see section 10(2)(a) ;

(k) by omitting " section 30C " from the definition of regional area and substituting " section 5A " ;

(l) by omitting " section 30C(3) " from the definition of regional land use strategy and substituting " section 5A " ;

(m) by omitting the definition of representation and substituting the following definitions:

representation , in relation to –

(a) a draft of the SPPs, a draft amendment of the SPPs, a draft LPS or a draft amendment of an LPS; or

(b) an application for a permit; or

(c) a project in respect of which a special permit may be granted –

includes a written statement of facts or reasons in support of or in opposition to the draft, application or project;

Special Local Provisions Schedule means a Special Local Provisions Schedule, approved under section 35Q(3) , that is in effect;

Special LPS means a Special Local Provisions Schedule;

(n) by omitting the definition of special planning order and substituting the following definitions:

special planning order means an order that was, at any time before the substitution of section 47 of this Act by the Tasmanian Planning Scheme Amendment Act, in operation under this Act;

SPPs criteria means the matters specified in section 15 ;

State authority means any body or authority, whether incorporated or not, that is –

(a) established or constituted under a written law or under the royal prerogative; and

(b) a body, or authority, which, or of which the governing authority, wholly or partly comprises a person, or persons, appointed by the Governor, a Minister or another State authority;

(o) by inserting the following definitions after the definition of State Policy :

Tasmanian Planning Scheme  – see section 9 ;

Tasmanian Planning Scheme Amendment Act means the Land Use Planning and Approvals Amendment (Tasmanian Planning Scheme) Act 2015 ;

the SPPs means the State Planning Provisions;

the State Planning Provisions means the State Planning Provisions, made under section 27 , that are in effect under section 29(2) as part of the Tasmanian Planning Scheme, as those Provisions are amended, if at all, under Division 2 of Part 3 by an amendment of the State Planning Provisions that is in effect as part of the Tasmanian Planning Scheme under section 30R(2) ;