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TIMBER INDUSTRY (INTERIM PROTECTION)
AMENDMENT BILL 1994*
NEW SOUTH WALES
EXPLANATORY NOTE
(This Explanatory Note relates to this Bill as introduced into Parliament)
The object of this Bill is to amend the Timber Industry (Interim Protection) Act 1992
in order:
to prevent logging operations from being carried out in old growth forests
comprising the substantial part of the Eden Native Forest Management Area
until an environmental impact statement under Part 5 of the Environmental
Planning and Assessment Act 1979 is obtained and the logging operations have
been approved by the Minister for Planning; and
to allow logging operations to be carried out in other parts of the Eden Native
Forest Management Area pending the obtaining of an environmental impact
statement; and
to specify 31 December 1995 as the date by which the Forestry Commission
should obtain the environmental impact statement for that part of the Eden
Native Forest Management Area where logging operations are being allowed;
and
to extend, from 3 1 December 1994 to 31 December 1995, the day on which
that Act expires.
Clause 1 specifies the short title of the proposed Act.
Clause 2 provides for the proposed Act to commence on the date of assent.
Clause 3 amends the Timber Industry (Interim Protection) Act 1992 as set out in
Schedule 1.
* Amended in committee--see table at end of volume.
SCHEDULE 1--AMENDMENTS
Schedule 1 (1) extends the expiration date of the Timber Industry (Interim
Protection) Act 1992 from 3 1 December 1994 to 3 1 December 1995.
Schedule 1 (2) adds parts of the Eden Native Forest Management Area to the
substantial areas of old growth forests on which no logging operations may be carried
out until an environmental impact statement is obtained.
Schedule l (3) adds parts of the Eden Native Forest Management Area to the forest
areas in which logging operations may be carried out pending the obtaining of an
environmental impact statement.