FORESTS ACT 1958

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FORESTS ACT 1958 - NOTES

No. 6254 of 1958
Version incorporating amendments as at 6 August 2009

ENDNOTES
1. General Information
The Forests Act 1958 was assented to on 30 September 1958 and came into operation on 1 April 1959: Government Gazette 18 March 1959 page 892.
2. Table of Amendments
This Version incorporates amendments made to the Forests Act 1958 by Acts and subordinate instruments.
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Public Officers Salaries and Allowances Act 1958, No. 6471/1958 (as amended by No. 6489/1958)
Assent Date:
9.12.58
Commencement Date:
1.7.58: s. 1(2)
Current State:
All of Act in operation
Statute Law Revision Act 1959, No. 6547/1959
Assent Date:
20.10.59
Commencement Date:
1.4.59: s. 1(2)
Current State:
All of Act in operation
Public Officers Salaries and Allowances Act 1960, No. 6624/1960
Assent Date:
1.6.60
Commencement Date:
21.2.60: s. 1(2)
Current State:
All of Act in operation
Land (Unused Roads and Water Frontages) Act 1961, No. 6794/1961
Assent Date:
8.11.61
Commencement Date:
1.4.63: Government Gazette 20.3.63 p. 620
Current State:
All of Act in operation
Crown Leases Act 1961, No. 6842/1961
Assent Date:
19.12.61
Commencement Date:
19.12.61
Current State:
All of Act in operation
Forests (Amendment) Act 1962, No. 6870/1962
Assent Date:
2.5.62
Commencement Date:
2.5.62
Current State:
All of Act in operation
Subordinate Legislation Act 1962, No. 6886/1962
Assent Date:
8.5.62
Commencement Date:
1.8.62: Government Gazette 4.7.62 p. 2314
Current State:
All of Act in operation
Forests (Further Amendment) Act 1962, No. 6976/1962
Assent Date:
18.12.62
Commencement Date:
18.12.62
Current State:
All of Act in operation
Public Officers Salaries and Allowances Act 1963, No. 7054/1963
Assent Date:
26.11.63
Commencement Date:
Ss 12-14 on 12.5.63: s. 1(2)(b); ss 2-11 on 1.7.63: s. 1(2)(a); s. 1 on 26.11.63
Current State:
All of Act in operation

Statute Law Revision Act 1963, No 7065/1963
Assent Date:
3.12.63
Commencement Date:
3.12.63
Current State:
All of Act in operation
Forests (Amendment) Act 1964, No. 7205/1964
Assent Date:
15.12.64
Commencement Date:
15.12.64
Current State:
All of Act in operation
Public Lands and Works Act 1964, No. 7228/1964
Assent Date:
15.12.64
Commencement Date:
15.3.65: Government Gazette 11.3.65 p. 557
Current State:
All of Act in operation
Statute Law Revision Act 1965, No. 7332/1965
Assent Date:
14.12.65
Commencement Date:
14.12.65: subject to s. 3.
Current State:
All of Act in operation
Forests (Amendment) Act 1965, No. 7340/1965
Endnotes
Assent Date:
14.12.65
Commencement Date:
14.12.65
Current State:
All of Act in operation
Public Officers Salaries and Allowances Act 1965, No. 7356/1965
Assent Date:
14.12.65
Commencement Date:
Ss 12-14 on 4.7.65: s. 1(3); ss 2-11 on 1.12.65: s. 1(2); s. 1 on 14.12.65
Current State:
All of Act in operation
Extractive Industries Act 1966, No. 7499/1966
Assent Date:
20.12.66
Commencement Date:
15.5.68: Government Gazette 10.4.68 p. 1129
Current State:
All of Act in operation
Instruments (Corporate Bodies Contracts) Act 1967, No. 7547/1967
Assent Date:
17.3.67
Commencement Date:
1.7.67: Government Gazette 21.6.67 p. 2027
Current State:
All of Act in operation
Judges and Public Officers Salaries Act 1967, No. 7581/1967
Assent Date:
21.11.67
Commencement Date:
1.7.67: s. 1
Current State:
All of Act in operation
Forests (Amendment) Act 1968, No. 7674/1968
Assent Date:
18.4.68
Commencement Date:
18.4.68
Current State:
All of Act in operation
Forests (Amendment) Act 1968, No. 7740/1968
Assent Date:
2.12.68
Commencement Date:
23.1.69: Government Gazette 22.1.69 p. 125
Current State:
All of Act in operation

Local Government Act 1969, No. 7835/1969
Assent Date:
20.5.69
Commencement Date:
S. 9 on l.6.69; rest of Act on 21.5.69: Government Gazette 21.5.69 p. 1504
Current State:
All of Act in operation
Justices (Amendment) Act 1969, No. 7876/1969
Assent Date:
25.11.69
Commencement Date:
1.4.70 (except ss 3, 5, 6, 7(k)(m)-(o)); ss 3, 5, 6, 7(k)(m)-(o) on 1.7.70: Government Gazette 25.2.70 p. 463
Current State:
All of Act in operation
Public Officers Salaries and Allowances Act 1970, No. 7954/1970
Assent Date:
7.4.70
Commencement Date:
1.1.70: s. 2
Current State:
All of Act in operation
Forests (Amendment) Act 1970, No. 8035/1970
Endnotes
Assent Date:
8.12.70
Commencement Date:
8.12.70
Current State:
All of Act in operation
Statutory Salaries Act 1970, No. 8082/1970
Assent Date:
22.12.70
Commencement Date:
22.12.70
Current State:
All of Act in operation
National Parks (Amendment) Act 1971, No. 8210/1971
Assent Date:
14.12.71
Commencement Date:
14.12.71
Current State:
All of Act in operation
Crimes (Powers of Arrest) Act l972, No. 8247/1972
Assent Date:
6.4.72
Commencement Date:
1.7.72: Government Gazette 28.6.72 p. 2360
Current State:
All of Act in operation
Forests (Amendment) Act 1974, No. 8587/1974
Assent Date:
30.10.74
Commencement Date:
20.11.74: Government Gazette 20.11.74 p. 4032
Current State:
All of Act in operation
National Parks Act 1975, No. 8702/1975
Assent Date:
16.5.75
Commencement Date:
1.12.75: Government Gazette 26.11.75 p. 3888
Current State:
All of Act in operation
Forests (Advances) Act 1976, No. 8892/1976
Assent Date:
16.11.76
Commencement Date:
16.11.76
Current State:
All of Act in operation

Forests (Fire Prevention and Protection) (Amendment) Act 1976, No. 8945/1976
Assent Date:
14.12.76
Commencement Date:
14.12.76
Current State:
All of Act in operation
Statute Law Revision Act 1977, No. 9019/1977
Assent Date:
17.5.77
Commencement Date:
17.5.77: subject to s. 2(2)
Current State:
All of Act in operation
National Parks (Amendment) Act 1978, No. 9114/1978
Assent Date:
16.5.78
Commencement Date:
16.5.78
Current State:
All of Act in operation
Crown Land (Reserves) Act 1978, No. 9212/1978
Assent Date:
19.12.78
Commencement Date:
1.3.79: Government Gazette 21.2.79 p. 441
Current State:
All of Act in operation
National Parks Act 1978, No. 9247/1978
Endnotes
Assent Date:
19.12.78
Commencement Date:
S. 17 on 26.4.79: s. 1(3)
Current State:
This information relates only to the provision/s amending the Forests Act 1958
Forests (Reserved Land) Act 1979, No. 9280/1979
Assent Date:
10.7.79
Commencement Date:
1.8.79: Government Gazette 1.8.79 p. 2407
Current State:
All of Act in operation
Forests (Amendment) Act 1980, No. 9416/1980
Assent Date:
20.5.80
Commencement Date:
20.5.80
Current State:
All of Act in operation
Forests (Further Amendment) Act 1980, No. 9417/1980 (as amended by No. 9549/1981)
Assent Date:
20.5.80
Commencement Date:
20.5.80
Current State:
All of Act in operation
Statute Law Revision Act 1980, No. 9427/1980
Assent Date:
27.5.80
Commencement Date:
27.5.80: subject to s. 6(2)
Current State:
All of Act in operation
Forests (Penalties) Act 1980, No. 9464/1980
Assent Date:
16.12.80
Commencement Date:
16.12.80
Current State:
All of Act in operation
Statute Law Revision Act 1981, No. 9549/1981
Assent Date:
19.5.81
Commencement Date:
19.5.81: subject to s. 2(2)
Current State:
All of Act in operation
Crimes (Classification of Offences) Act 1981, No. 9576/1981
Assent Date:
26.5.81
Commencement Date:
1.9.81: Government Gazette 26.8.81 p. 2799
Current State:
All of Act in operation
Forests (Amendment) Act 1981, No. 9615/1981
Assent Date:
1.12.81
Commencement Date:
1.12.81
Current State:
All of Act in operation
Companies (Consequential Amendments) Act 1982, No. 9699/1982
Assent Date:
5.1.82
Commencement Date:
S. 23 on 1.7.82: s. 2(1)
Current State:
This information relates only to the provision/s amending the Forests Act 1958
Parliamentary Committees (Joint Investigatory Committees) Act 1982, No. 9765/1982
Endnotes
Assent Date:
13.7.82
Commencement Date:
25.8.82: Government Gazette 25.8.82 p. 2793
Current State:
All of Act in operation
Public Account (Trust Funds) Act 1982, No. 9861/1982
Assent Date:
5.1.83
Commencement Date:
12.1.83: Government Gazette 12.1.83 p. 81
Current State:
All of Act in operation
Transport Act 1983, No. 9921/1983
Assent Date:
23.6.83
Commencement Date:
S. 255(Sch. 12) on 1.7.83: s. 1(2)(c)
Current State:
This information relates only to the provision/s amending the Forests Act 1958
Mines (Amendment) Act 1983, No. 9936/1983
Assent Date:
5.7.83
Commencement Date:
30.10.83: Government Gazette 5.10.83 p. 3293
Current State:
All of Act in operation
Alpine Resorts Act 1983, No. 9974/1983
Assent Date:
29.11.83
Commencement Date:
Ss 1-43, 44(2) on 28.3.84: Government Gazette 28.3.84 p. 977; rest of Act on 17.4.85: Government Gazette 17.4.85 p. 1101
Current State:
All of Act in operation
Education (Amendment) Act 1983, No. 9993/1983 (as amended by No. 10087/1984)
Assent Date:
13.12.83
Commencement Date:
S. 20 on 8.2.84: Government Gazette 8.2.84 p. 402
Current State:
This information relates only to the provision/s amending the Forests Act 1958


National Parks (Amendment) Act 1984, No. 10073/1984
Assent Date:
15.5.84
Commencement Date:
S. 15 on 15.5.84: s. 3(1)
Current State:
This information relates only to the provision/s amending the Forests Act 1958
Water (Central Management Restructuring) Act 1984, No. 10081/1984
Assent Date:
15.5.84
Commencement Date:
1.7.84: Government Gazette 20.6.84 p. 1937
Current State:
All of Act in operation
Statute Law Revision Act 1984, No. 10087/1984
Assent Date:
22.5.84
Commencement Date:
22.5.84: subject to s. 3(2)
Current State:
All of Act in operation
National Parks (Further Amendment) Act 1984, No. 10166/1984
Endnotes
Assent Date:
20.11.84
Commencement Date:
S. 22 on 18.12.84: s. 2(1)
Current State:
This information relates only to the provision/s amending the Forests Act 1958
Forests and Country Fire Authority (Penalties) Act 1985, No. 10235/1985
Assent Date:
10.12.85
Commencement Date:
10.12.85
Current State:
All of Act in operation
Courts Amendment Act 1986, No. 16/1986
Assent Date:
22.4.86
Commencement Date:
S. 30 on 1.7.86: Government Gazette 25.6.86 p. 2180
Current State:
This information relates only to the provision/s amending the Forests Act 1958
Land Acquisition and Compensation Act 1986, No. 121/1986
Assent Date:
23.12.86
Commencement Date:
29.11.87: Government Gazette 25.11.87 p. 3224
Current State:
All of Act in operation
Coal Mines (Amendment) Act 1987, No. 6/1987
Assent Date:
28.4.87
Commencement Date:
11.5.87: Government Gazette 6.5.87 p. 1004
Current State:
All of Act in operation
Conservation, Forests and Lands Act 1987, No. 41/1987
Assent Date:
19.5.87
Commencement Date:
Ss 103(Sch. 4 items 24.1-24.123), 116(9) on 1.7.87: Government Gazette 24.6.87 p. 1694
Current State:
This information relates only to the provision/s amending the Forests Act 1958


Magistrates' Court (Consequential Amendments) Act 1989, No. 57/1989
Assent Date:
14.6.89
Commencement Date:
S. 4(1)(a)-(e)(2) on 1.9.89: Government Gazette 30.8.89 p. 2210; rest of Act on 1.9.90: Government Gazette 25.7.90 p. 2217
Current State:
All of Act in operation
Water (Consequential Amendments) Act 1989, No. 81/1989
Assent Date:
5.12.89
Commencement Date:
1.11.90: Government Gazette 15.8.90 p. 2473
Current State:
All of Act in operation
Conservation, Forests and Lands Acts (Amendment) Act 1989, No. 90/1989
Assent Date:
5.12.89
Commencement Date:
S. 10 on 5.12.89: s. 2(1)
Current State:
This information relates only to the provision/s amending the Forests Act 1958
Local Government (Amendment) Act 1990, No. 13/1990
Endnotes
Assent Date:
8.5.90
Commencement Date:
S. 40 on 8.5.90: s. 2(2)(a)
Current State:
This information relates only to the provision/s amending the Forests Act 1958
Forests (Timber Harvesting) Act 1990, No. 82/1990
Assent Date:
11.12.90
Commencement Date:
11.12.90
Current State:
All of Act in operation
Mineral Resources Development Act 1990, No. 92/1990
Assent Date:
18.12.90
Commencement Date:
S. 128(Sch. 1 items 12.1-12.8) on 6.11.91: Government Gazette 30.10.91 p. 2970
Current State:
This information relates only to the provision/s amending the Forests Act 1958
Victorian Plantation Corporation Act 1993, No. 61/1993
Assent Date:
8.6.93
Commencement Date:
S. 34 on 1.7.93: Government Gazette 24.6.93 p. 1596
Current State:
This information relates only to the provision/s amending the Forests Act 1958
Mineral Resources Development (Amendment) Act 1993, No. 86/1993
Assent Date:
3.11.93
Commencement Date:
S. 41 on 17.1.94: Government Gazette 16.12.93 p. 3317
Current State:
This information relates only to the provision/s amending the Forests Act 1958



Financial Management (Consequential Amendments) Act 1994, No. 31/1994
Assent Date:
31.5.94
Commencement Date:
S. 3(Sch. 1 items 30.1, 30.2) on 7.7.94: Government Gazette 7.7.94 p. 1878-see Interpretation of Legislation Act 1984
Current State:
This information relates only to the provision/s amending the Forests Act 1958
Catchment and Land Protection Act 1994, No. 52/1994
Assent Date:
15.6.94
Commencement Date:
S. 97(Sch. 3 item 13) on 15.12.94: s. 2(3) 
Current State:
This information relates only to the provision/s amending the Forests Act 1958
Impounding of Livestock Act 1994, No. 89/1994
Assent Date:
6.12.94
Commencement Date:
6.12.94
Current State:
All of Act in operation
Crown Lands Acts (Amendment) Act 1994, No. 96/1994
Endnotes
Assent Date:
13.12.94
Commencement Date:
Pt 1 (ss 1, 2) on 13.12.94: s. 2(1); rest of Act (ss 3-59) on 26.1.95: Government Gazette 26.1.95 p. 163
Current State:
All of Act in operation
Plant Health and Plant Products Act 1995, No. 51/1995
Assent Date:
14.6.95
Commencement Date:
S. 75 on 14.6.96: s. 2(3)
Current State:
This information relates only to the provision/s amending the Forests Act 1958
National Parks (Yarra Ranges and Other Amendments) Act 1995, No. 57/1995
Assent Date:
20.6.95
Commencement Date:
S. 46 on 15.12.95: Government Gazette 14.12.95 p. 3488
Current State:
This information relates only to the provision/s amending the Forests Act 1958
Extractive Industries Development Act 1995, No. 67/1995 (as amended by No. 74/2000)
Assent Date:
17.10.95
Commencement Date:
Pt 1 (ss 1-7), s. 60(1)(2) on 17.10.95: s. 2(1); rest of Act on 1.6.96: Special Gazette (No. 60) 31.5.96 p. 4
Current State:
All of Act in operation
Electricity Industry (Further Amendment) Act 1995, No. 79/1995
Assent Date:
28.11.95
Commencement Date:
S. 32 on 28.11.95: Special Gazette (No. 116) 28.11.95 p. 1
Current State:
This information relates only to the provision/s amending the Forests Act 1958

Electricity Industry (Further Amendment) Act 1996, No. 48/1996
Assent Date:
26.11.96
Commencement Date:
26.11.96: s. 2
Current State:
All of Act in operation
Electricity Industry (Further Miscellaneous Amendment) Act 1997, No. 55/1997
Assent Date:
21.10.97
Commencement Date:
Ss 26, 27 on 21.10.97: s. 2(1)
Current State:
This information relates only to the provision/s amending the Forests Act 1958
Alpine Resorts (Management) Act 1997, No. 89/1997
Assent Date:
9.12.97
Commencement Date:
S. 72 on 30.4.98: Government Gazette 30.4.98 p. 926
Current State:
This information relates only to the provision/s amending the Forests Act 1958
Audit (Amendment) Act 1997, No. 93/1997
Endnotes
Assent Date:
16.12.97
Commencement Date:
S. 28(Sch. item 14) on 1.7.98: s. 2(2)
Current State:
This information relates only to the provision/s amending the Forests Act 1958
Victorian Plantations Corporation (Amendment) Act 1998, No. 35/1998
Assent Date:
19.5.98
Commencement Date:
S. 15 on 26.6.98: Government Gazette 25.6.98 p. 1561
Current State:
This information relates only to the provision/s amending the Forests Act 1958
Public Sector Reform (Miscellaneous Amendments) Act 1998, No. 46/1998
Assent Date:
26.5.98
Commencement Date:
S. 7(Sch. 1) on 1.7.98: s. 2(2)
Current State:
This information relates only to the provision/s amending the Forests Act 1958
Conservation, Forests and Lands (Miscellaneous Amendments) Act 1998, No. 76/1998
Assent Date:
10.11.98
Commencement Date:
S. 10 on 15.12.98: s. 2(5)
Current State:
This information relates only to the provision/s amending the Forests Act 1958
Transfer of Land (Single Register) Act 1998, No. 85/1998 (as amended by No. 76/1998)
Assent Date:
17.11.98
Commencement Date:
S. 24(Sch. item 25) on 1.1.99: s. 2(3)
Current State:
This information relates only to the provision/s amending the Forests Act 1958



Audit (Amendment) Act 1999, No. 53/1999
Assent Date:
14.12.99
Commencement Date:
S. 26(Sch. item 12) on 1.1.2000: Government Gazette 23.12.99 p. 2764
Current State:
This information relates only to the provision/s amending the Forests Act 1958
Water Industry (Amendment) Act 2000, No. 66/2000
Assent Date:
8.11.00
Commencement Date:
S. 55 on 15.4.99: s. 2(2)
Current State:
This information relates only to the provision/s amending the Forests Act 1958
Electricity Industry Legislation (Miscellaneous Amendments) Act 2000, No. 69/2000
Endnotes
Assent Date:
21.11.00
Commencement Date:
S. 53 on 1.1.01: s. 2(4)
Current State:
This information relates only to the provision/s amending the Forests Act 1958
Statute Law Revision Act 2000, No. 74/2000
Assent Date:
21.11.00
Commencement Date:
S. 3(Sch. 1 item 52) on 22.11.00: s. 2(1)
Current State:
This information relates only to the provision/s amending the Forests Act 1958
Statute Law Amendment (Authorised Deposit-taking Institutions) Act 2001, No. 11/2001
Assent Date:
8.5.01
Commencement Date:
S. 3(Sch. item 27) on 1.6.01: s. 2(2)
Current State:
This information relates only to the provision/s amending the Forests Act 1958
Corporations (Consequential Amendments) Act 2001, No. 44/2001
Assent Date:
27.6.01
Commencement Date:
S. 3(Sch. item 49) on 15.7.01: s. 2
Current State:
This information relates only to the provision/s amending the Forests Act 1958
Auction Sales (Repeal) Act 2001, No. 84/2001
Assent Date:
11.12.01
Commencement Date:
S. 5 on 1.1.03: s. 2(4)
Current State:
This information relates only to the provision/s amending the Forests Act 1958
National Parks (Box-Ironbark and Other Parks) Act 2002, No. 50/2002
Assent Date:
29.10.02
Commencement Date:
S. 27 on 30.10.02: s. 2
Current State:
This information relates only to the provision/s amending the Forests Act 1958


Forests and National Parks Acts (Amendment) Act 2003, No. 97/2003
Assent Date:
2.12.03
Commencement Date:
Ss 3-5 on 3.12.03: s. 2
Current State:
This information relates only to the provision/s amending the Forests Act 1958
Road Management Act 2004, No. 12/2004
Assent Date:
11.5.04
Commencement Date:
Ss 157, 158 on 1.7.04: s. 2(2)
Current State:
This information relates only to the provision/s amending the Forests Act 1958
Sustainable Forests (Timber) Act 2004, No. 48/2004
Assent Date:
16.6.04
Commencement Date:
Ss 97, 98, 100(1), 103-105, 107, 108, 110, 112, 116, 122, 123(1), 124, 125 on 17.6.04: s. 2(1); ss 99, 101, 102, 106, 111, 113-115, 117-121, 123(2)-(4), 126 on 1.8.04: Government Gazette 29.7.04 p. 2120; s. 100(2) on 31.8.05: Government Gazette 14.7.05 p. 1550; s. 109 on 18.5.06: Government Gazette 18.5.06 p. 929
Current State:
This information relates only to the provision/s amending the Forests Act 1958
National Parks (Additions and Other Amendments) Act 2004, No. 64/2004
Assent Date:
12.10.04
Commencement Date:
S. 35 on 13.10.04: s. 2(1)
Current State:
This information relates only to the provision/s amending the Forests Act 1958
Public Administration Act 2004, No. 108/2004
Assent Date:
21.12.04
Commencement Date:
S. 117(1)(Sch. 3 item 83) on 5.4.05: Government Gazette 31.3.05 p. 602
Current State:
This information relates only to the provision/s amending the Forests Act 1958
Safety on Public Land Act 2004, No. 109/2004
Assent Date:
21.12.04
Commencement Date:
Ss 21, 22 on 22.12.04: s. 2
Current State:
This information relates only to the provision/s amending the Forests Act 1958
National Parks (Otways and Other Amendments) Act 2005, No. 60/2005
Assent Date:
20.9.05
Commencement Date:
Ss 34-37 on 24.10.06: Special Gazette (No. 285) 24.10.06 p. 1
Current State:
This information relates only to the provision/s amending the Forests Act 1958



Education and Training Reform Act 2006, No. 24/2006
Assent Date:
16.5.06
Commencement Date:
S. 6.1.2(Sch. 7 item 19) on 1.1.07: Government Gazette 28.6.07 p. 1304
Current State:
This information relates only to the provision/s amending the Forests Act 1958
Mineral Resources Development (Sustainable Development) Act 2006, No. 63/2006
Assent Date:
29.8.06
Commencement Date:
S. 61(Sch. item 16) on 30.8.06: s. 2(1)
Current State:
This information relates only to the provision/s amending the Forests Act 1958
Education and Training Reform Miscellaneous Amendments Act 2007, 
No. 58/2007
Assent Date:
27.11.07
Commencement Date:
S. 53 on 28.11.07: s. 2(1)
Current State:
This information relates only to the provision/s amending the Forests Act 1958
National Parks and Crown Land (Reserves) Acts Amendment Act 2008, 
No. 54/2008
Assent Date:
23.9.08
Commencement Date:
S. 24 on 24.9.08: s. 2(1)
Current State:
This information relates only to the provision/s amending the Forests Act 1958
Crown Land Acts Amendment (Lease and Licence Terms) Act 2009, 
No. 40/2009
Assent Date:
5.8.09
Commencement Date:
Ss 19, 20 on 6.8.09: s. 2(1)
Current State:
This information relates only to the provision/s amending the Forests Act 1958
Statute Law Amendment (Charter of Human Rights and Responsibilities) Act 2009, No. 45/2009
Assent Date:
5.8.09
Commencement Date:
Ss 10-12 on 6.8.09: s. 2
Current State:
This information relates only to the provision/s amending the Forests Act 1958
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Metric Conversion (Forests Act) Regulations 1974, S.R. No. 258/1974
Date of Making:
19.6.74
Date of Commencement:
30.6.74: reg. 1
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3. Explanatory Details

1 S. 48(1): Refer to section 5 of the Decimal Currency Act 1965, No. 73/1965.
2 S. 63(5): See note 5.

3 S. 91: Section 20(3) of the Education (Amendment) Act 1983, No. 9993/1983 reads as follows:
	20.	Amendment of No. 6254, ss 91, 92
	(3)	On and from the commencement of this section-
	(a)	every school council of a State school which by virtue of the amendments made to the Forests Act 1958 by this section is a committee of management of a State school forest plantation for the purposes of the Crown Land (Reserves) Act 1978 or the Forests Act 1958 shall become and be the successor in law of the body of persons that was the committee of management under the Forests Act 1958 of that plantation immediately before that commencement;
	(b)	all duties liabilities responsibilities and obligations of that body in relation to that plantation shall be transferred to that school council and thereafter that school council shall be subject to all those duties liabilities responsibilities and obligations; and
	(c)	no act matter or thing shall be in any way abated or affected by the fact that that school council has become the successor in law of that body or by reason of the transfer under paragraph (b) of all duties liabilities responsibilities and obligations of that body to that school council.

4 S. 91(b): See note 5.
5 S. 92: See note 8.
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Forests Act 1958
No. 6254 of 1958