Regional Forest Agreement (Land Classification) Act 1998

Section 3 of the Principal Act is amended as follows:

by inserting the following definition after the definition of aboriginal relic in subsection (1):Appeal Tribunal means the Resource Management and Planning Appeal Tribunal established under the Resource Management and Planning Appeal Tribunal Act 1993;

by inserting the following definition after the definition of authorized officer in subsection (1):biological diversity means the variety of – plants, animals and micro-organisms; and the genes contained in plants, animals and micro-organisms; and the ecosystems of which plants, animals and micro-organisms form part;

by omitting the definitions of conservation area and conservation purpose from subsection (1) and substituting the following definitions:conservation area means any land declared under this Act to be reserved land in the class of conservation area or taken to have been so declared;Conservation Management Trust means a Conservation Management Trust established under section 23A; conservation purpose means – any purpose specified in Column 3 of Schedule 3; or any purpose that, in the opinion of the Governor, would promote the better management or more effective use of any reserved land;

by omitting the definition of forest management plan from subsection (1) and substituting the following definition:forest reserve has the same meaning as in the Forestry Act 1920;

by omitting the definition of game reserve from subsection (1) and substituting the following definitions:game reserve means any land declared under this Act to be reserved land in the class of game reserve or taken to have been so declared; geological diversity means the natural range of geological, geomorphological and soil features, assemblages, systems and processes; historic site means any land declared under this Act to be reserved land in the class of historic site or taken to have been so declared;

by omitting the definitions of leased reserve and local reserve from subsection (1) and substituting the following definitions:leased reserve means an area of land held on lease under section 14D; management agreement, in relation to any private land, means an agreement entered into under section 25A; management objectives, in relation to any class of reserved land, means the objectives specified in Schedule 4 for that class of reserved land;

by inserting the following definitions after the definition of mink in subsection (1):national park means any land declared under this Act to be reserved land in the class of national park or taken to have been so declared; nature recreation area means any land declared under this Act to be reserved land in the class of nature recreation area or taken to have been so declared; nature reserve means any land declared under this Act to be reserved land in the class of nature reserve or taken to have been so declared;Nomenclature Board means the Nomenclature Board constituted under the Survey Co-ordination Act 1944;

by inserting the following definitions after the definition of plant in subsection (1):prescribed body, in relation to the management of any reserved land, means – the public authority in which that land is vested; or a public authority having jurisdiction over the locality in which that land is located; or a body corporate – whose objectives or purposes in the opinion of the Minister are primarily conservation purposes; and that in the opinion of the Minister has a structure and capacity to effectively exercise the functions of a managing authority; private land means land other than Crown land or land vested in a public authority; private nature reserve means any land declared under this Act to be reserved land in the class of private nature reserve or taken to have been so declared;

by omitting the definition of private reserve from subsection (1) and substituting the following definition:private sanctuary means any land declared under this Act to be reserved land in the class of private sanctuary or taken to have been so declared;

by inserting the following definition after the definition of public authority in subsection (1):purposes of reservation means – in relation to any reserved land, the purposes for which that land was reserved; or in relation to any class of reserved land, the purposes of reservation specified in Schedule 3 in relation to that class;

by omitting the definition of reserved land from subsection (1) and substituting the following definitions:regional reserve means any land declared under this Act to be reserved land in the class of regional reserve or taken to have been so declared; reserved means set aside or acquired for a conservation purpose; reserved land means any land declared to be reserved land by or under this Act or taken to have been so declared; resource management and planning system objectives means the objectives of the resource management and planning system of Tasmania as set out in Schedule 5;

by omitting the definition of State reserve from subsection (1) and substituting the following definition:State reserve means any land declared under this Act to be reserved land in the class of State reserve or taken to have been so declared;

by omitting "Canis familiaris." from the definition of wolf in subsection (1) and substituting "Canis familiaris;";

by inserting the following definition after the definition of wolf in subsection (1):World Heritage Area has the same meaning as in the Public Land (Administration and Forests) Act 1991.

by omitting subsection (2).

The amendments effected by this section have been incorporated into the authorised version of the National Parks and Wildlife Act 1970.