Forest Practices Amendment (Private Timber Reserves) Act 1998 (TAS)

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Forest Practices Amendment (Private Timber Reserves) Act 1998

An Act to amend the Forest Practices Act 1985

[Royal Assent 18 December 1998]

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 (Private Timber Reserves) Act 1998 . 2CommencementThis Act commences on the day on which this Act receives the Royal Assent. 3Principal ActIn this Act, the Forest Practices Act 1985 is referred to as the Principal Act. 4Section 7 amended (Objections to declaration of land as private timber reserve) Section 7 of the Principal Act is amended as follows: (a) by omitting from subsection (1) "on any grounds on which the application may be refused under section 8 (2) ." and substituting "on –"; (b) by inserting the following paragraphs after subsection (1) : (a) in the case of a person referred to in paragraph (d) of the definition of prescribed person in subsection (4) , the ground specified in paragraph (f) of section 8(2) as it applies to that person; and (b) in any other case, a ground specified in paragraph (a) , (b) , (c) , (d) or (e) of section 8(2) . (c) by inserting the following paragraph after paragraph (a) in subsection (2) : (ab) in the case of an objection by a person referred to in paragraph (d) of the definition of prescribed person in subsection (4) , the ground for the objection is limited to the ground specified in paragraph (f) of section 8(2) as it applies to that person; and (d) by omitting paragraph (b) from subsection (2) and substituting the following paragraph: (b) in any other case, the ground for the objection is a ground specified in paragraph (a) , (b) , (c) , (d) or (e) of section 8(2) ; and (e) by omitting "land;" from paragraph (a) of the definition of prescribed person in subsection (4) and substituting "land; or"; (f) by omitting "relates;" from paragraph (c) of the definition of prescribed person in subsection (4) and substituting "relates; or"; (g) by inserting the following paragraph after paragraph (c) in the definition of prescribed person in subsection (4) : (d) a person who is the owner of land that adjoins, or is within 100 metres of, the boundary of the proposed private timber reserve including, in the case of general law land subject to mortgage, the person having the equity of redemption in that land; 5Section 8 amended (Grant or refusal of application for declaration of land as private timber reserve) Section 8 of the Principal Act is amended as follows: (a) by omitting from subsection (2)(e) "application." and substituting "application; or"; (b) by inserting the following paragraph after paragraph (e) in subsection (2) : (f) an owner of land referred to in paragraph (d) of the definition of prescribed…

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