(1)  In these regulations –

Act means the State Policies and Projects Act 1993 ;

chairperson , in relation to a project of State significance, means the person whom the Commission has assigned to chair the integrated assessment of the project under the Act;

consultant , in relation to a project of State significance, means a person employed or engaged by the Commission to provide advice, or recommendations, in respect of the project;

cumulative working period , in respect of a class of persons for a project stage of a project of State significance – see subregulation (2) ;

delegate , in relation to a project of State significance, means a person to whom a function or power of the Commission has been delegated, under section 8 of the Tasmanian Planning Commission Act 1997 , in respect of the project;

person proposing the project of State significance has the same meaning as in Part 3 of the Act;

project stage , in relation to a project of State significance, means a stage specified in regulation 5(1) ;

staff , in relation to a project of State significance, means a person employed or engaged to undertake work in respect of the project at the Commission, other than a person employed or engaged as –

(a) the chairperson, or a delegate, in respect of the project; or

(b) a consultant in respect of the project.

(2)  The cumulative working period for a class of persons, in respect of a project stage, is calculated by –

(a) adding the total number of hours worked by all members of that class of persons on that project stage; and

(b) dividing that total number of hours by –

(i) in the case of the calculation of a cumulative working period for staff – 7.35; or

(ii) for any other calculation of a cumulative working period – 8; and

(c) rounding the final number up to two decimal places.