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Forestry Amendment Bill 2009
Clause Notes
Clause 1 Short title and citation.
Clause 2 The Act will commence on the day on which it receives
Royal Assent.
Clause 3 The Principal Act is the Forestry Act 1920.
Clause 4 Inserts a new section 4D in Part 1 of the Principal Act to
the effect that except as otherwise provided by
regulations made under the Principal Act a law of
Tasmania specifying a certain mass, weight or
dimension limit does not apply to the use of a vehicle or
combination on forestry roads.
CLAUSE NOTES FORESTRY AMENDMENT BILL 2009
Clause 5 To remove any doubt that forest roads can be closed to
all traffic, section 26 of the Principal Act is amended as
follows:-
In subsection (1) omitting "vehicular traffic" from the
definition of "prescribed sign" and substituting it with "all
traffic or to a class of traffic".
Inserting in subsection (1) a definition of "traffic" to mean
pedestrian or vehicular traffic.
In subsection (2) omitting "vehicular traffic" and
substituting "all traffic, or to a class of traffic".
In subsection (6) omitting "vehicular traffic" and
substituting "all traffic, or to a class of traffic".
Clause 6 The Act will be repealed on the ninetieth day from the
day it commences. This Clause is a standard Clause
included in Amendment Acts to avoid the need to repeal
the Act by a subsequent enactment.