Tasmanian Consolidated Acts Tasmanian Consolidated Acts
(1) Where a draft amendment of a planning scheme is placed on public exhibition by a planning authority in accordance with section 38, representations in relation to that draft amendment may be submitted to the authority by any person before the expiration of the exhibition period referred to in section 38(a).
(2) The planning authority must, not later than the expiration of 35 days after the exhibition period referred to in section 38(a) or such further period as the Commission allows, forward to the Commission a report comprising–
(a) a copy of each representation received by the authority in relation to the draft amendment or, where it has received no such representation, a statement to that effect; and
(b) a statement of its opinion as to the merit of each such representation, including, in particular, its views as to–
(i) the need for modification of the draft amendment in the light of that representation; and
(ii) the impact of that representation on the draft amendment as a whole; and
(c) such recommendations in relation to the draft amendment as the authority considers necessary.