Queensland Consolidated Acts

VEGETATION MANAGEMENT ACT 1999 - SECT 85

85 Declaration about types of regional ecosystems

(1) It is declared that—

(a) if, for any period before the commencement day, the regulation stated that a regional ecosystem was an endangered regional ecosystem for the definition
"endangered regional ecosystem" in this Act, the regional ecosystem was an endangered regional ecosystem for the period; and

(b) if, for any period before the commencement day, the regulation stated that a regional ecosystem was a not of concern regional ecosystem for the definition
"not of concern regional ecosystem" in this Act, the regional ecosystem was a not of concern regional ecosystem for the period; and

(c) if, for any period before the commencement day, the regulation stated that a regional ecosystem was an of concern regional ecosystem for the definition
"of concern regional ecosystem" in this Act, the regional ecosystem was an of concern regional ecosystem for the period.

(2) Subsection (1) applies despite any provision of the Act in force before the commencement day including the definitions
"endangered regional ecosystem" ,
"not of concern regional ecosystem" and
"of concern regional ecosystem" .

(3) Subsection (1) applies for all purposes, including a civil or criminal proceeding decided before, or started before or after, the commencement day.

(4) In this section—

"commencement day" means the day this section commences.

"regulation" means the Vegetation Management Regulation 2000.