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PULP MILL ASSESSMENT (AMEND PERMIT CONDITIONS) AMENDMENT BILL 43 OF 2007

                           TASMANIA




PULP MILL ASSESSMENT (AMEND PERMIT
  CONDITIONS) AMENDMENT BILL 2007



                          CONTENTS



 1. Short Title
 2. Commencement
 3. Principal Act
 4. Act to Bind Crown
 5. Section 7 amended (Approval of Project)




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            PULP MILL ASSESSMENT (AMEND PERMIT
              CONDITIONS) AMENDMENT BILL 2007
                (Brought in by Margaret Ann Putt MHA)

                             A BILL FOR
An Act to enhance the democratic decision-making power of the State
Parliament by amending the Pulp Mill Assessment Act 2007 to allow the
suspension of debate on the Pulp Mill Permit for the purpose of
Parliamentary Committee inquiries, including public hearings, and the
seeking of independent expert advice, and to restore to both Houses of
Parliament the ability to amend the conditions contained in the Pulp
Mill Permit.

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 Pulp Mill Assessment (Amend Permit
Conditions) Amendment Act 2007.

Commencement

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

Principal Act
3.    In this Act, the Pulp Mill Assessment Act 2007 is referred to as the
Principal Act.

Act to bind Crown

4.        This Act binds the Crown in right of Tasmania and, so far as the
          legislative power of Parliament permits, in all its other capacities.


   No. 4 of 2007


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Section 7 amended (Approval of Project)

5.   Section 7 of the Principal Act is amended by deleting subsection (2)
     and inserting the following as a new subsection (2):

     (2) (a) Each House of Parliament may, prior to the commencement of
     debate on the resolution to accept or reject the pulp mill permit,
     institute and hold Parliamentary Committee investigations with
     sufficient time to allow for public hearings and the receipt of
     independent expert advice.

     (b) Each House of Parliament may amend the Pulp Mill Permit.

     (c) Each House of Parliament, by resolution, is to accept or reject the
     Pulp Mill Permit.




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