Section 9 of the Principal Act is repealed and the following section is substituted:

9.     Public notification of schemes

(1)  Before deciding whether to approve a scheme, the Council must publish a notice in all daily newspapers published in Tasmania –

(a) explaining the nature and significance of the scheme; and

(b) advising where a copy of the scheme may be obtained or inspected; and

(c) inviting comments and submissions within a specified time, but not less than 28 days after publication of the notice.

(2)  If a scheme indicates an intention to operate as a scheme of both Tasmania and another jurisdiction, the Council must also publish a similar notice in the other jurisdiction in accordance with the corresponding law of that jurisdiction that relates to approval of a scheme prepared in that jurisdiction.