Tasmanian Consolidated Acts Tasmanian Consolidated Acts
(1) A planning authority may prepare a draft planning scheme in respect of such area as it may determine.
(2) The Commission may, with the approval of the Minister, give a written direction to a municipality to prepare a draft planning scheme in respect of the area specified in the direction and the municipality must prepare a draft planning scheme in accordance with the direction.
(2A) The direction referred to in subsection (2) may require a municipality to prepare a draft planning scheme jointly with one or more municipalities if the Commission considers such a requirement would promote a regional approach to planning.
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(6) An area in respect of which a planning scheme is prepared may comprise –
(a) the whole or any part, or parts, of a municipal district of the relevant municipality; and
(b) the whole or any part of the area referred to in section 7(d); and
(c) any area in that municipal district covered by an existing planning scheme or special planning order.