FORESTS ACT 1958 - SECT 91 Plantations for Government schools

FORESTS ACT 1958 - SECT 91

Where the Department of Education and Training has arranged for the establishment of plantations of forest trees and plants (whether on lands vested in the Minister administering the Education and Training Reform Act 2006 or otherwise) and the planting and care thereof by Government School pupils and teachers and members of school councils under the Education and Training Reform Act 2006 , or in any cases where such school councils are committees of management of Government School forest plantations under section 92—

S. 91(a) amended by Nos 9549 s. 2(1)(Sch. item 67), 41/1987 s. 103(Sch. 4 item 24.103), 46/1998

s. 7(Sch. 1), 76/1998

s. 10(1)(u), 24/2006 s. 6.1.2(Sch. 7 item 19.1(b)), 58/2007 s. 53, 38/2021 s. 22.

        (a)     the Secretary may provide from the nurseries of the Secretary, free of cost, trees plants and seedlings for use in connexion with such plantations under such conditions as are agreed upon by the Secretary and the Secretary to the Department of Education and Training;

S. 91(b) amended by Nos 9549 s. 2(1)(Sch. item 67), 9861 s. 3(1), 41/1987 s. 103(Sch. 4 item 24.103), 31/1994 s. 3(Sch. 1 item 30.2), 46/1998

s. 7(Sch. 1), 76/1998

s. 10(1)(u), 24/2006 s. 6.1.2(Sch. 7 item 19.1(b)), 58/2007 s. 53, 38/2021 s. 22.

        (b)     there may, notwithstanding anything in this Act, be paid out of the moneys available for the purpose any sums (not exceeding in the aggregate in all cases the sum of $1000 ^[8] in any one year) towards meeting the cost of obtaining materials required to be used in the initial establishment of such plantations, and such sums may be expended for that purpose in such manner as is agreed upon by the Secretary and the Secretary to the Department of Education and Training; and

S. 91(c) amended by No. 13/1990 s. 40(i)–(k).

        (c)     any municipal council may apply any portion of the municipal fund of the municipal council for the purposes of any such plantation situate within the municipal district of the municipal council or, with the consent of the Governor in Council, may apply any portion of the said fund for the purposes of any such plantation situate outside the said municipal district.

No. 6073 s. 92.

S. 92 (Heading) inserted by No. 24/2006 s. 6.1.2(Sch. 7 item 19.2(a)).