New South Wales Consolidated Acts

NATURAL RESOURCES COMMISSION ACT 2003 - SCHEDULE 3

SCHEDULE 3 – Savings, transitional and other provisions

(Section 24)

Part 1 - General

1 Regulations

(1) The regulations may contain provisions of a savings or transitional nature consequent on the enactment of the following Acts:

this Act

(2) Any such provision may, if the regulations so provide, take effect from the date of assent to the Act concerned or a later date.

(3) To the extent to which any such provision takes effect from a date that is earlier than the date of its publication in the Gazette, the provision does not operate so as:

(a) to affect, in a manner prejudicial to any person (other than the State or an authority of the State), the rights of that person existing before the date of its publication, or

(b) to impose liabilities on any person (other than the State or an authority of the State) in respect of anything done or omitted to be done before the date of its publication.

Part 2 - Abolition of existing advisory bodies

2 Abolition of existing bodies

(1) The following bodies are abolished:

Resource and Conservation Assessment Council (also called the Resource Assessment and Advisory Council)

Healthy Rivers Commission

Coastal Council

State Catchment Management Co-ordinating Committee

Native Vegetation Advisory Council

Water Advisory Council

State Wetland Advisory Committee

State Weir Review Committee

Advisory Council on Fisheries Conservation

Fisheries Resource Conservation and Assessment Council

(2) Any person holding office as a member of any such body immediately before its abolition:

(a) ceases to hold office, and

(b) is not entitled to any compensation because of the loss of that office.

(3) On the abolition of any such body, any assets or liabilities of the body become the assets and liabilities of the Commission.

(4) A reference in any other Act, statutory instrument or document to any such body is to be construed as a reference to the Commission.