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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 Clause 6 The Act will be repealed on the ninetieth day from the day it commences.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.