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TASMANIA
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FORESTRY AMENDMENT BILL 2002
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CONTENTS
1. Short title
2. Commencement
3. Principal Act
4. Section 12M amended (Chief executive officer)
5. Schedule 2 amended (Directors)
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FORESTRY AMENDMENT BILL 2002
(Brought in by the Minister for Economic Development,
Energy and Resources, the Honourable Paul Anthony
Lennon)
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:
Short title
1. This Act may be cited as the Forestry Amendment Act
2002.
Commencement
2. This Act commences on the day on which the
Government Business Enterprises Amendment Act 2002
commences.
Principal Act
3. In this Act, the Forestry Act 1920* is referred to as the
Principal Act.
*No. 60 of 1920
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Section 12M amended (Chief executive officer)
4. Section 12M of the Principal Act is amended by
omitting subsections (2) and (3) and substituting the
following subsection:
(2) The Board must not appoint the
chairperson as chief executive officer.
Schedule 2 amended (Directors)
5. Schedule 2 to the Principal Act is amended as follows:
(a) by omitting from clause 1(1) "5 years" and
substituting "3 years";
(b) by omitting subclauses (2) and (3) from clause
1 and substituting the following subclauses:
(2) A director who is also the chief
executive officer holds the office of director
while he or she is the chief executive officer.
(3) A person is not eligible to be
appointed as a director if the person has
attained the age of 72 years.
(4) If a director held office as director
immediately before the commencement of the
Forestry Amendment Act 2002 and his or her
instrument of appointment provided for a term
of office exceeding 3 years -
(a) subclause (1) does not apply in
respect of that term of office; and
(b) the director is entitled to complete
that term of office as if that
subclause had not been amended
by that Act.
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(c) by omitting paragraph (b) from clause 7(1) and
substituting the following paragraph:
(b) the director fails to disclose a
material personal interest as
required under the Government
Business Enterprises Act 1995; or
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