SUSTAINABLE FORESTS (TIMBER) ACT 2004 - SECT 27 Expiry of licence and no compensation or proceedings

SUSTAINABLE FORESTS (TIMBER) ACT 2004 - SECT 27

On and from the commencement of section 25, a transferred licence (east) expires at the end of its term (as existing immediately before the commencement of that section) and, despite anything to the contrary in that licence or section 52(6) of the Forests Act 1958 as in force immediately before its repeal—

        (a)     VicForests is not empowered to renew or reissue any transferred licence (east) or grant any further licences or permits in relation to that licence; and

        (b)     any entitlement, right or purported right in existence before that commencement in respect of the granting of any further licence or permit under section 52(6) of the Forests Act 1958 as in force immediately before its repeal ceases to exist; and

        (c)     the holder of a transferred licence (east) is not entitled to have that licence renewed or reissued, whether any entitlement, right or purported right to do so in respect of that licence arose under section 52(6), a term or condition of that licence or in any other manner; and

        (d)     no proceedings may be taken—

              (i)     in respect of any loss, damage or injury from or arising out of—

    (A)     the loss of any entitlement, right or purported right referred to in paragraph (b) or (c); or

    (B)     the enactment of this Division; or

              (ii)     to seek a renewal, reissue of a transferred licence (east) or the grant of any further licences or permits in relation to that licence, whether arising out of an entitlement or a right or purported right to do so under section 52(6), a term or condition of that licence or in any other manner; and

        (e)     no compensation is payable in respect of any loss, damage or injury from or arising out of—

              (i)     the loss of any entitlement, right or purported right referred to in paragraph (b) or (c); or

              (ii)     the enactment of this Division.

Pt 4 Div. 2 (Heading and ss 28–30) repealed by No. 21/2006 s. 5(1).

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Division 3—Transferred agreements