Tasmanian Forests Agreement Act 2013 (TAS)

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Tasmanian Forests Agreement Act 2013

An Act to amend the Forestry Act 1920 in relation to continuing wood supply, and to enable certain land to be reserved, for the purposes of the Tasmanian Forests Intergovernmental Agreement entered into by the Commonwealth of Australia and the State of Tasmania dated 7 August 2011, to create reserves and to amend the Nature Conservation Act 2002 for the purposes of benefiting economically from the carbon in Tasmania's forests, and to amend certain other Acts

[Royal Assent 3 June 2013]

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:

PART 1Preliminary1Short titleThis Act may be cited as the Tasmanian Forests Agreement Act 2013 . 2CommencementThis Act commences on the day on which this Act receives the Royal Assent. 3Interpretation (1)  In this Act, unless the contrary intention appears – certified forest practices plan has the same meaning as in the Forest Practices Act 1985 ; Crown land has the same meaning as in the Nature Conservation Act 2002 ; durability report means a durability report prepared by the Special Council; forest operations has the same meaning as in the Forestry Act 1920 ; Forestry Corporation has the same meaning as corporation in the Forestry Act 1920 ; forestry coupe has the same meaning as coupe in the Forest Practices Code as defined in the Forest Practices Act 1985 ; forestry covenant has the same meaning as in the Forestry Rights Registration Act 1990 ; forestry right has the same meaning as in the Forestry Rights Registration Act 1990 ; Government Business Enterprise means a statutory authority specified in Schedule 1 to the Government Business Enterprises Act 1995 ; initial proposed reserve order means the first proposed reserve order made under this Act; lease includes an agreement for a lease and a tenancy agreement; native forest harvesting means any harvesting of native forest that requires a certified forest practices plan under the Forest Practices Act 1985 , but excludes native forest harvesting that is associated with – (a) providing access roading to forestry coupes that are not within the future reserve land, or to forestry coupes that are within the future reserve land specified in a Lot referred to in column 1 of the table set out at the end of clause 2 of Schedule 1 for which native forest harvesting is not identified as a prohibited activity in column 5 of that table in relation to that Lot; or (b) installing cable harvesting infrastructure for harvesting of forestry coupes that are not within the future reserve land, or to forestry coupes that are within the future reserve land specified in a Lot referred to in column 1 of the table set out at the end of clause 2 of Schedule 1 for which native forest harvesting is not identified as a prohibited activity in column 5…

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