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TASMANIA
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FORESTRY AMENDMENT BILL 2009
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CONTENTS
1. Short title
2. Commencement
3. Principal Act
4. Section 4D inserted
4D. Exemption of certain vehicles from laws specifying
vehicle mass, weight or dimension limits
5. Section 26 amended (Closure of forest roads)
6. Repeal of Act
[Bill 60]-VIII
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FORESTRY AMENDMENT BILL 2009
(Brought in by the Minister for Energy and Resources, the
Honourable David Edward Llewellyn)
A BILL FOR
An Act to amend the Forestry Act 1920
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:
1. Short title
This Act may be cited as the Forestry
Amendment Act 2009.
2. Commencement
This Act commences on the day on which this
Act receives the Royal Assent.
3. Principal Act
In this Act, the Forestry Act 1920* is referred to
as the Principal Act.
*No. 60 of 1920
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4. Section 4D inserted
After section 4C of the Principal Act, the
following section is inserted in Part I:
4D. Exemption of certain vehicles from laws
specifying vehicle mass, weight or dimension
limits
(1) In this section
"combination" has the same meaning
as in the Vehicle and Traffic Act
1999;
"vehicle" has the same meaning as in
the Vehicle and Traffic Act 1999.
(2) Except as otherwise provided by the
regulations, a law of Tasmania does not
apply in respect of the use of a vehicle,
or combination, on a forest road if the
law would otherwise operate to prohibit
or restrict the use on a forest road of a
vehicle, or combination, that exceeds a
certain mass, weight or dimension
(whether inclusive or exclusive of its
load).
5. Section 26 amended (Closure of forest roads)
Section 26 of the Principal Act is amended as
follows:
(a) by omitting "vehicular traffic." from the
definition of "prescribed sign" in
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subsection (1) and substituting "all traffic
or to a class of traffic;";
(b) by inserting the following definition after
the definition of "prescribed sign" in
subsection (1):
"traffic" means pedestrian or
vehicular traffic.
(c) by omitting from subsection (2)
"vehicular traffic" and substituting "all
traffic, or to a class of traffic,";
(d) by omitting from subsection (6)
"vehicular traffic" and substituting "all
traffic, or to a class of traffic,".
6. Repeal of Act
This Act is repealed on the ninetieth day from
the day on which it commences.
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