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FORESTRY AMENDMENT BILL 60 OF 2009

                                    TASMANIA

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                 FORESTRY AMENDMENT BILL 2009
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                                    CONTENTS
          1.     Short title
          2.     Commencement
          3.     Principal Act
          4.     Section 4D inserted
                   4D.      Exemption of certain vehicles from laws specifying
                            vehicle mass, weight or dimension limits
          5.     Section 26 amended (Closure of forest roads)
          6.     Repeal of Act




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FORESTRY AMENDMENT BILL 2009 (Brought in by the Minister for Energy and Resources, the Honourable David Edward Llewellyn) A BILL FOR An Act to amend the Forestry Act 1920 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: 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Forestry Amendment Act 2009. 2. Commencement This Act commences on the day on which this Act receives the Royal Assent. 3. Principal Act In this Act, the Forestry Act 1920* is referred to as the Principal Act. *No. 60 of 1920 [Bill 60] 3

 


 

Forestry Amendment Act 2009 Act No. of s. 4 4. Section 4D inserted After section 4C of the Principal Act, the following section is inserted in Part I: 4D. Exemption of certain vehicles from laws specifying vehicle mass, weight or dimension limits (1) In this section - "combination" has the same meaning as in the Vehicle and Traffic Act 1999; "vehicle" has the same meaning as in the Vehicle and Traffic Act 1999. (2) Except as otherwise provided by the regulations, a law of Tasmania does not apply in respect of the use of a vehicle, or combination, on a forest road if the law would otherwise operate to prohibit or restrict the use on a forest road of a vehicle, or combination, that exceeds a certain mass, weight or dimension (whether inclusive or exclusive of its load). 5. Section 26 amended (Closure of forest roads) Section 26 of the Principal Act is amended as follows: (a) by omitting "vehicular traffic." from the definition of "prescribed sign" in 4

 


 

Forestry Amendment Act 2009 Act No. of s. 6 subsection (1) and substituting "all traffic or to a class of traffic;"; (b) by inserting the following definition after the definition of "prescribed sign" in subsection (1): "traffic" means pedestrian or vehicular traffic. (c) by omitting from subsection (2) "vehicular traffic" and substituting "all traffic, or to a class of traffic,"; (d) by omitting from subsection (6) "vehicular traffic" and substituting "all traffic, or to a class of traffic,". 6. Repeal of Act This Act is repealed on the ninetieth day from the day on which it commences. Government Printer, Tasmania 5

 


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