- EIA means Environmental Impact Assessment.
- EMPC Act means the Environmental Management and Pollution Control Act 1994.
- EPA Board means the Environment Protection Authority Board.
- EPN means an environmental protection notice issued under the EMPC Act.
- HCH Act means the Historic Cultural Heritage Act 1995.
- LUPAA means the Land Use Planning and Approvals Act 1993.
- LPS means Local Provisions Schedule and informally, local planning scheme. LPSs are part of the Tasmanian Planning Scheme.
- NEPM means a National Environment Protection Measure issued under the National Environment Protection Council Act 1994.
- TASCAT means the Tasmanian Civil and Administrative Tribunal.
- TPC means the Tasmanian Planning Commission.
- TPP means Tasmanian Planning Policies.
- TPS means Tasmanian Planning Scheme.
- RecFIT means Renewables, Climate and Future Industries Tasmania, in the Department of State Growth.
- RLUS means Regional Land Use Strategy.
- RMPS means the Resource Management and Planning System.
- SPPs means State Planning Provisions, which are part of the Tasmanian Planning Scheme.