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TASMANIA
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RIGHT TO INFORMATION AMENDMENT (PUBLIC
PROTECTED AREAS) BILL 2021
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CONTENTS
1. Short title
2. Commencement
3. Principal Act
4. Section 33A inserted
5. Repeal of Act
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RIGHT TO INFORMATION AMENDMENT (PUBLIC
PROTECTED AREAS) BILL 2021
(Brought in by Cassandra Stanwell O'Connor MP)
A BILL FOR
An Act to amend the Right to Information Act 2009 to ensure
transparency in respect of development proposals for certain
reserve tenures
Be it enacted by Her Excellency the Governor of Tasmania, by and with
the advice and consent of the Legislative Council and House of
Assembly, in Parliament assembled, as follows:
1. Short title
This Act may be cited as the Right to Information
Amendment (Public Protected Areas) Act 2021.
2. Commencement
This Act commences on the day on which this Act
receives the Royal Assent.
3. Principal Act
In this Act, the Right to Information Act 2009* is referred
to as the Principal Act.
*No. 70 of 2009
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4. Section 33A inserted
After section 33 of the Principal Act, the following section
is inserted in Division 2 of Part 3:
33A. Exemptions not to apply to certain land use
proposals
(1) Despite section 33, information is not
exempt information -
(a) if it is information that relates to a
proposed use or development in a
conservation area, national park,
nature recreation area, nature
reserve, public reserve, reserved
land, or State reserve; and
(b) if, but for this section, it would be
exempt information under one or
more excluded provision; and
(c) if it is not exempt information
under any provisions of this Act,
other than an excluded provision.
(2) In the section -
conservation area has the same
meaning as in the Nature
Conservation Act 2002;
development has the same meaning as
in the Land Use Planning and
Approvals Act 1993;
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excluded provision means sections 34,
35, 37, 38, 39, 40, and 41 of this
Act;
national park has the same meaning as
in the Nature Conservation Act
2002;
nature recreation area has the same
meaning as in the Nature
Conservation Act 2002;
nature reserve has the same meaning as
in the Nature Conservation Act
2002;
public reserve has the same meaning as
in the Nature Conservation Act
2002;
reserved land has the same meaning as
in the Nature Conservation Act
2002;
State reserve has the same meaning as
in the Nature Conservation Act
2002; and
use has the same meaning as in the
Land Use Planning and Approvals
Act 1993.
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5. Repeal of Act
This Act is repealed on the three hundred and sixty fifth
day from the day on which all of the provisions of this Act
commence.