Victorian Current Acts

FORESTS ACT 1958 - SECT 109

    (1)     The Governor in Council may make regulations containing provisions of a transitional nature, including matters of an application or savings nature, arising as a result of the enactment of the Sustainable Forests (Timber) Repeal Act 2024 (including the repeals and amendments made by that Act).

    (2)     Regulations made under this section may—

        (a)     have a retrospective effect to a day on or from the day on which the Sustainable Forests (Timber) Repeal Act 2024 receives the Royal Assent; and

        (b)     be of limited or general application; and

        (c)     leave any matter or thing to be decided by a specified person or class of person; and

        (d)     provide for the exemption of persons or things or classes of persons or things from any of the regulations made under this section.

    (3)     Regulations made under this section have effect despite anything to the contrary in any Act (other than this Act or the Charter of Human Rights and Responsibilities Act 2006 ) or in any subordinate instrument.

    (4)     This section is repealed on the second anniversary of the day on which it comes into operation.

Sch. 1 repealed by No. 38/2021 s. 15(2).

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Ss 3, 42.

Sch. 2 substituted by Nos 6976 s. 7(1)(k), 7228 s. 7(Sch. 4 Pt 12(d)), 10087 s. 3(1)(Sch. 1 item 90).