Forest Practices Amendment Act 2005 (TAS)

Forest Practices Amendment Act 2005

An Act to amend the Forest Practices Act 1985

[Royal Assent 10 June 2005]

Be it enacted by His Excellency the Governor of Tasmania, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council and House of Assembly, in Parliament assembled, as follows:

1Short titleThis Act may be cited as the Forest Practices Amendment Act 2005 . 2CommencementThis Act commences immediately after the Forest Practices Amendment (Administrative Reform) Act 2004 commences. 3Principal ActIn this Act, the Forest Practices Act 1985 is referred to as the Principal Act. 4Section 12 amended (Effect of declaration of land as private timber reserve) Section 12(1) of the Principal Act is amended by omitting "Board" and substituting "Authority". 5Section 18 amended (Application for certification of forest practices plan) Section 18 of the Principal Act is amended as follows: (a) by omitting from subsection (4)(b) "Authority; and" and substituting "Authority."; (b) by omitting paragraph (c) from subsection (4) ; (c) by inserting the following subsections after subsection (4) : (4A)  An applicant under this section must pay the prescribed application fee, if any. (4B)  The application fee is to be paid at a time, and in a manner, determined by the Authority.

[Second reading presentation speech made in:

House of Assembly on 14 APRIL 2005

Legislative Council on 19 MAY 2005]