Forestry (Fair Contract Codes) Act 2001 (Tas)

Forestry (Fair Contract Codes) Act 2001

An Act to provide for the approval of codes developed by the forestry industry for the purpose of improving the fairness of contracts for services within that industry, to provide for the legal effect of such codes, to repeal section 32 of the Forestry Act 1920 and for related purposes [Royal Assent 17 December 2001]

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:

PART 1 - Preliminary

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Forestry (Fair Contract Codes) Act 2001 .

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

3. Interpretation In this Act, unless the contrary intention appears – Code means a Forestry Contract Code; forestry contract means a contract that provides for one party to the contract to carry out, otherwise than as an employee, a forestry operation for another party to the contract or another person; forestry operation means any of the following: (a) planting trees for commercial timber production; (b) managing trees that have been planted for commercial timber production; (c) harvesting trees for commercial timber production; (d) transporting timber that has been harvested for commercial purposes; (e) land clearing associated with a forestry operation specified elsewhere in this definition; (f) road construction and quarrying associated with a forestry operation specified elsewhere in this definition; incorporate includes apply and adopt; interested party, in relation to a Code, means – (a) a person that has a history of entering into forestry contracts of the kind to which the Code applies or is presently a party to a forestry contract of that kind; or (b) a person that the Minister knows, whether from direct advice or publicly available information, is proposing to enter into a forestry contract of that kind.