For the purposes of this Act, the interested persons in relation to an area of land are –

(a) the planning authority in relation to the area of land; and

(b) the Head of an Agency that the Minister considers has an interest in whether, or the manner in which, the area of land ought to be used or developed, or both, for residential purposes; and

(c) a statutory authority, or other entity, if the Minister considers –

(i) that the authority or entity is likely to be required to provide electricity, gas, sewerage, telecommunications or water to the area of land; or

(ii) that the efficient or effective provision by the authority or entity of electricity, gas, sewerage, telecommunications or water is likely to be affected by the use or development of the land for residential purposes; and

(d) any owner, or occupier, of –

(i) land that adjoins the area of land; or

(ii) land that the Minister considers is likely to be affected by the use or development, for residential purposes, of the area of land; and

(e) the Tasmania Fire Service within the meaning of the Fire Service Act 1979 ; and

(f) the Heritage Council within the meaning of the Historic Cultural Heritage Act 1995 ; and

(g) the Aboriginal Heritage Council within the meaning of the Aboriginal Heritage Act 1975 ; and

(h) the planning authority in relation to land, if any, that –

(i) is adjacent to the area of land or that, in the opinion of the Minister, may be affected by the use or development, for residential purposes, of the area of land; and

(ii) is not within the same municipal area, within the meaning of the Land Use Planning and Approvals Act 1993 , as the area of land.