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LAND USE PLANNING AND APPROVALS (REFORM OF FORESTRY PRACTICES) AMENDMENT BILL 70 OF 2003

                          TASMANIA




   LAND USE PLANNING AND APPROVALS
    (REFORM OF FORESTRY PRACTICES)
         AMENDMENT BILL 2003



                          CONTENTS
PART 1 ­ PRELIMINARY
  1. Short Title
  2. Commencement
  3. Principal Act




PART 2 ­ LAND USE PLANNING AND APPROVALS ACT 1993
AMENDED


  4. Section 3 amended (Interpretation)
  5. Section 20 amended
 
 
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 LAND USE PLANNING AND APPROVALS (REFORM
OF FORESTRY PRACTICES) AMENDMENT BILL 2003
                (Brought in by Margaret Ann Putt MHA)


                             A BILL FOR
An Act to amend the Land Use Planning and Approvals Act 1993 to
remove the exemption for forestry operations.


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:


PART 1 ­ PRELIMINARY


Short Title
1. This Act may be cited as the Land Use Planning and Approvals
  (Reform of Forestry Practices) Amendment Act 2003.


Commencement
2. This Act commences on the day on which it receives the Royal Assent.


Principal Act
3. In this Act the Land Use Planning and Approvals Act 1993 is referred
  to as the Principal Act.
 
 
PART 2 ­ LAND USE PLANNING AND APPROVALS ACT 1993
AMENDED


Section 3 amended (Interpretation)
4. Section 3 of the Principal Act is amended as follows:
   a) by omitting the definition of "works" and substituting the
       following definition:
            "works" includes any change to the natural or existing
                      condition or topography of land including the
                      removal, destruction or lopping of trees and the
                      removal of vegetation or topsoil.


   b) by inserting the following definition after the definition of
       "development":
           "forestry operations" includes the processes and works
                      connected with ­
                      (a) the establishment of forests; and
                      (b) the growing of timber; and
                      (c) the harvesting of timber; and
                      (d) land clearing, land preparation, burning off, use
                      of chemicals, road construction and associated
                      quarry works conducted in relation to an activity
                      specified in paragraph (a), (b) or (c).


Section 20 amended
5. Section 20 of the Principal Act is amended as follows:
     a) By omitting subsection (1) (c) of the Principal Act and
        substituting the following subsection:
           (1) (c) may make any provision which relates to the use,
              development, protection or conservation of any land in the
              area, subject to any other provisions in this section.
 
 
b) After section 20(1)(e) of the Principal Act, the following
   subsection is inserted:
      (1)(f) must regulate forest operations within the area covered
      by the scheme and forest operations cannot be designated as a
      permitted use.


c) By repealing subsection 7(a).


d) By repealing subsection 7A.

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