Forestry Amendment Bill 1999 (Qld)

Queensland

FORESTRY AMENDMENT BILL 1999

FORESTRY AMENDMENT BILL 1999

TABLE OF PROVISIONS

Section Page 1 Short title 2.0... eee eee 4 2 Act amended .......... 0.0 e eee 4 3 Amendment of s 5 (Definitions) .............0...000..00 0000002200 4 4 Amendment of s 46 (Corporation may sell forest products or

quarry material the property of the Crown) ..................2.00000. 4 5 Amendment of s 58 (Power to cancel, suspend, permit, licence etc.).... 5 6 Amendment of s 69C (Specific authorisation for grant of permit

to get native forest sawlogs) ... 1.0... cee ccc eee 5

7 Amendment of s 69D (Expiry of pt 7A). 0.2.0... 6... c cece eee eee 5

A BILL FOR

An Act to amend the Forestry Act 1959

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The Parliament of Queensland enacts—

Short title Clause 1. This Act may be cited as the Forestry Amendment Act 1999.

Act amended Clause 2. This Act amends the Forestry Act 1959.

Amendment of s 5 (Definitions) Clause 3. Section 5— insert—

' "native forest hardwood sawlogs" means native hardwood timber for use for sawmilling.

"native forest sawlog allocation system" see section 69A.

"sales permit" means a permit granted under section 56.'.

Amendment of s 46 (Corporation may sell forest products or quarry material the property of the Crown)

Clause 4.(1) Section 46(2), from 'permit'— omit, insert— 'sales permit for getting the forest products or quarry material'. (2) Section 46— insert—

'(3) Without limiting subsection (2), a sales permit for getting native forest hardwood sawlogs under the native forest sawlog allocation system for south-east Queensland may—

(a) be granted for a period of not more than 25 years; and

(b) provide for compensation payable to the permittee in stated 14 16182124

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circumstances; and

(c) require the permittee to give the State the first right of refusal to an assignment or transfer of the permit.'.