Forestry Amendment (Miscellaneous) Act 1999 (TAS)

Legislation au Tasmanian Legislation - Acts (TASLegAct) T A S M A N I A N L E G I S L A T I O N

Legislation content

Forestry Amendment (Miscellaneous) Act 1999

An Act to amend the Forestry Act 1920

[Royal Assent 25 June 1999]

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 Forestry Amendment (Miscellaneous) Act 1999 . 2CommencementThis Act commences on a day to be proclaimed. 3Principal ActIn this Act, the Forestry Act 1920 is referred to as the Principal Act. 4Section 4 amended (Interpretation) Section 4(1) of the Principal Act is amended as follows: (a) by omitting the definition of agistment licence ; (b) by omitting the definition of apiary permit ; (c) by omitting the definitions of contract and contract of sale ; (d) by omitting the definition of forest lease ; (e) by omitting the definition of forest officer ; (f) by omitting the definition of forest permit ; (g) by inserting the following definition after the definition of Forest Practices Code : forest produce or forest product means any of the following: (a) vegetable growth that is on or from State forest; (b) a product of a growing or dead tree, shrub, timber or other vegetable growth that is on or from State forest; (c) sand, gravel, clay, loam or stone that is on or from State forest and used for forestry purposes, either inside or outside State forest; (h) by omitting the definitions of forest produce and forest produce licence ; (i) by omitting the definitions of licence , miner’s right , mining operations , mining right and mining tenement ; (j) by omitting the definitions of occupation permit and permit ; (k) by omitting the definition of purchaser ; (l) by omitting the definition of relevant day ; (m) by omitting the definition of stock ; (n) by omitting " section 12U " from the definition of timber classification officer and substituting " section 23 "; (o) by omitting the definition of warden’s court . 5Section 4C amended (Exemption of statutory instruments from Rules Publication Act 1953 ) Section 4C(b) of the Principal Act is amended by omitting ", 34 (4) , 58 (1) ". 6Section 6 amended (The Forestry corporation) Section 6 of the Principal Act is amended by inserting after subsection (1) the following subsection: (2)  The corporation has the legal capacity of a natural person. 7Section 8 amended (Functions of corporation) Section 8(1)(c) of the Principal Act is amended as follows: (a) by omitting from subparagraph (i) "and, if the Director-General of Lands consents, forests on other Crown land"; (b) by omitting from subparagraph (ii) "and, if the Director-General of Lands consents, on other Crown land"; (c) by omitting from subparagraph (iii) "and, if the Director-General of Lands consents, on other Crown land". 8Section 12A amended (Other limitations on functions and powers) Section 12A of the Principal Act is amended by omitting subsection (3) .

Continue reading Forestry Amendment (Miscellaneous) Act 1999 (TAS)

Sign in free to access the full text

Citations

Interactions

Authorises

All Versions

Sourced from the Federal Register of Legislation at 26 August 2026. For the latest information on Australian Government law please go to https://www.legislation.gov.au.