(1)  The Commission must establish a Development Assessment Panel (a Panel ) in relation to a major project.

(2)  A Panel must be established under subsection (1) in relation to a major project within 42 days, or a longer period allowed by the Minister, after the Commission is given a notice under section 60R(1) in relation to the major project.

(3)  During the period after the Commission is given notice under section 60R(1) in relation to the major project and before the Panel is established under subsection (1) in relation to the major project, the Executive Commissioner referred to in section 5(1)(a) of the Tasmanian Planning Commission Act 1997  –

(a) is to be taken, for the purposes of this Division, to be the Panel; and

(b) may perform and exercise the functions and powers of the Panel.

(4)  A function or power performed or exercised under subsection (3) by the Executive Commissioner referred to in that subsection is to be taken to have been performed or exercised by the Panel.

(5)  As soon as practicable after establishing under subsection (1) a Panel in relation to a major project, the Commission must provide to the Panel –

(a) the major project proposal in relation to the major project; and

(b) the information, if any, in relation to the major project –

provided to the Commission under section 60R(1) .