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FORESTRY AMENDMENT BILL 83 OF 2002

                                     TASMANIA


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                   FORESTRY AMENDMENT BILL 2002

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                                    CONTENTS
              1.   Short title
              2.   Commencement
              3.   Principal Act
              4.   Section 12M amended (Chief executive officer)
              5.   Schedule 2 amended (Directors)




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                  FORESTRY AMENDMENT BILL 2002

              (Brought in by the Minister for Economic Development,
               Energy and Resources, the Honourable Paul Anthony
                                     Lennon)

                                   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:


            Short title

            1. This Act may be cited as the Forestry Amendment Act
            2002.



            Commencement

            2.  This Act commences on the day on which the
            Government Business Enterprises Amendment Act 2002
            commences.



            Principal Act

            3. In this Act, the Forestry Act 1920* is referred to as the
            Principal Act.



            *No. 60 of 1920

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       Section 12M amended (Chief executive officer)

       4. Section 12M of the Principal Act is amended by
       omitting subsections (2) and (3) and substituting the
       following subsection:

                   (2) The Board must not              appoint    the
             chairperson as chief executive officer.


       Schedule 2 amended (Directors)

       5. Schedule 2 to the Principal Act is amended as follows:

             (a)   by omitting from clause 1(1) "5 years" and
                   substituting "3 years";

             (b)   by omitting subclauses (2) and (3) from clause
                   1 and substituting the following subclauses:

                         (2) A director who is also the chief
                   executive officer holds the office of director
                   while he or she is the chief executive officer.

                         (3) A person is not eligible to be
                   appointed as a director if the person has
                   attained the age of 72 years.

                          (4) If a director held office as director
                   immediately before the commencement of the
                   Forestry Amendment Act 2002 and his or her
                   instrument of appointment provided for a term
                   of office exceeding 3 years ­

                         (a)   subclause (1) does not apply in
                               respect of that term of office; and

                         (b)   the director is entitled to complete
                               that term of office as if that
                               subclause had not been amended
                               by that Act.
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       (c)   by omitting paragraph (b) from clause 7(1) and
             substituting the following paragraph:

                  (b)    the director fails to disclose a
                         material personal interest as
                         required under the Government
                         Business Enterprises Act 1995; or




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