Forest Practices (Private Timber Reserves Validation) Act 1999

Forest Practices (Private Timber Reserves Validation) Act 1999

This Act may be cited as the Forest Practices (Private Timber Reserves Validation) Act 1999.

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

In this Act –

application means an application under section 5(1) of the Forest Practices Act 1985 made before the commencement day;

Board means the Forest Practices Board;

commencement day means the day on which this Act commences.

Any land that, before the commencement day, was declared or purportedly declared as a private timber reserve by the Governor under section 11(1) of the Forest Practices Act 1985 is taken to have been validly declared as a private timber reserve under and for the purposes of that Act.

Subsection (1) has effect subject to any finding or order of a court or tribunal made before the commencement day.

A power or function that a person exercised or performed or purportedly exercised or performed before the commencement day in relation to an application, pursuant to a delegation or purported delegation by the Board, is taken to have been validly exercised or performed by that person as a delegate of the Board.

A power or function that a person exercised or performed or purportedly exercised or performed before the commencement day in relation to an application, pursuant to an authorisation or purported authorisation to act on behalf of the Board, is taken to have been validly exercised or performed by the Board.

Subsections (1) and (2) have effect subject to any finding or order of a court or tribunal made before the commencement day.

Until provision is made in relation to this Act by order under section 4 of the Administrative Arrangements Act 1990 –

the administration of this Act is assigned to the Minister for Infrastructure, Energy and Resources; and the department responsible to the Minister for Infrastructure, Energy and Resources in relation to the administration of this Act is the Forest Practices Board.