In this Act, unless the contrary intention appears –

Agreement means the Launceston Flood Protection Scheme Agreement 1975 signed on 24 July 1975 under section 10 of the Launceston Flood Protection Act 1960 as then in force;

Appeal Tribunal means the Resource Management and Planning Appeal Tribunal established under the Resource Management and Planning Appeal Tribunal Act 1993 ;

authorised officer means a person appointed under section 9 to be an authorised officer;

Authority means the Launceston Flood Authority established by the Council under section 30 of the Local Government Act 1993 ;

Authority Rules means the rules, as in force from time to time, that are made in relation to the Authority under Division 4 of Part 3 of the Local Government Act 1993 ;

Commission has the same meaning as it has in the Planning Act;

Council means the Launceston City Council;

Council land means land owned by the Council;

Crown land has the same meaning as it has in the Crown Lands Act 1976 ;

development has the same meaning as it has in the Planning Act;

discretionary permit means a permit to which section 57(1) of the Planning Act applies but does not include a permit to which section 43A of the Planning Act applies;

dredging means to remove, displace, or replace, by mechanical means, sediment present in a body of water;

flood-prone area means the area shown bounded by a thick black line on the map in Schedule 1 ;

flood protection works means all structures or works erected, constructed, or managed, by the Authority (or the Council) –

(a) so as to reduce the likelihood, severity or duration of flooding in the flood-prone area; or

(b) under section 15 or section 27 ;

flood-significant planning application means an application to a planning authority for –

(a) a discretionary permit in respect of land within an area of land that is determined under section 18 to be an area of development interest; or

(b) an amendment to a discretionary permit, granted under the Planning Act, in respect of land within an area of land that is determined under section 18 to be an area of development interest;

levee includes any apparatus, or structure, that is necessary or convenient for the functioning of a levee;

levee-related land means the areas of land, within the flood-prone area, that are –

(a) specified in Part 1 of Schedule 2 ; and

(b) indicated generally, on the maps in Part 2 of Schedule 2 , as areas bounded by thick black lines;

Municipal Committee , for the municipal area of the Council, means the Municipal Committee established under the Emergency Management Act 2006 for the municipal area of the Council or for a combined area that includes that municipal area;

owner , in relation to land, includes every person who, jointly or severally, whether at law or in equity –

(a) is entitled to the land for any estate of freehold in possession; or

(b) is entitled to receive, or receives, the rents and profits of the land, whether as beneficial owner, trustee, mortgagee in possession or otherwise;

Planning Act means the Land Use Planning and Approvals Act 1993 ;

planning authority has the same meaning as it has in the Planning Act;

planning instrument means –

(a) a planning scheme or special planning order; and

(b) an amendment to a planning scheme or special planning order;

planning interest notice means a notice, given under section 17(1) , that is in force;

planning scheme has the same meaning as it has in the Planning Act;

public land means –

(a) Crown land; and

(b) land that is owned by an instrumentality or agent of the Crown; and

(c) Council land;

Regional Controller means the Regional Controller, under the Emergency Management Act 2006 , for the region in which the flood-prone area is situated;

representation has the same meaning as it has in the Planning Act;

responsible person means –

(a) a member of the Authority; and

(b) an authorised officer; and

(c) a delegate of the Authority; and

(d) a delegate of the Council; and

(e) a person on whom a requirement is imposed under section 27 ; and

(f) a person authorised under section 14 to enter land; and

(g) a person authorised under the Local Government Act 1993 to enter land for a purpose related to enabling the Council to perform its functions, or exercise its powers, under this Act;

special planning order has the same meaning as it has in the Planning Act;

State Controller has the same meaning as it has in the Emergency Management Act 2006 ;

use has the same meaning as it has in the Planning Act.