(1)  The Minister, by notice in writing to a planning authority in respect of a municipal area, may direct the authority to prepare under section 40D a draft amendment of an LPS that applies to the area, for any one or more of the following purposes:

(a) to ensure that the LPS will comply with, or be consistent with, the SPPs;

(b) to ensure that the LPS is, as far as practicable, consistent with the applicable regional land use strategy;

(c) to ensure the satisfactory application of a State Policy;

(d) to ensure that the LPS is in accordance with a direction of the Minister under this Act;

(e) on the advice of the Commission, any other purpose the Minister thinks fit.

(2)  A direction to a planning authority under subsection (1) requiring the planning authority to prepare a draft amendment of an LPS may require that the draft amendment of an LPS so prepared be provided to the Commission by a date, specified in the direction, that is not less than 42 days after the date on which the direction is given.

(3)  The Minister must give notice, in a newspaper published in, and circulating generally in, Tasmania, of a direction given under subsection (1) .