Regional Forest Agreement (Land Classification) Consequential Amendments Act 2000


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Regional Forest Agreement (Land Classification) Consequential Amendments Act 2000

An Act to amend certain Acts consequent on the commencement of the Regional Forest Agreement (Land Classification) Act 1998

[Royal Assent 14 July 2000]

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 Regional Forest Agreement (Land Classification) Consequential Amendments Act 2000 .

2.   Commencement

(1)  Section 4 and Schedule 2 commence on the day proclaimed under section 2(3) of the Regional Forest Agreement (Land Classification) Act 1998.
(2)  The remaining provisions of this Act commence on the day on which this Act receives the Royal Assent.

3.   Consequential amendments

The Acts specified in Schedule 1 are amended as specified in that Schedule.

4.   Consequential amendments

The Acts specified in Schedule 2 are amended as specified in that Schedule.
SCHEDULE 1 - Consequential Amendments

Section 3

Port Arthur Historic Site Management Authority Act 1987
1.    Section 12(2) is amended as follows:
(a) by omitting paragraph (a) and substituting the following paragraph:
(a) in a proclamation made under section 14(1) of the National Parks and Wildlife Act 1970 declaring land to be reserved land, declare the whole or part of that land –
(i) to form part of the historic site if it is in the class of historic site within the meaning of section 15 of that Act; or
(ii) to form part of the adjacent area if it is in any other class referred to in that section; and
(b) by omitting from paragraph (b) "a State reserve" and substituting "reserved land as defined in that Act";
(c) by omitting paragraph (c) and substituting the following paragraphs:
(c) by proclamation and with the consent of the Minister administering the National Parks and Wildlife Act 1970 declare the whole or part of any existing reserved land as defined in the National Parks and Wildlife Act 1970  –
(i) to form part of the historic site; or
(ii) to form part of the adjacent area; and
(d) by proclamation declare the whole or part of the historic site or adjacent area –
(i) to be reserved land as defined in that Act in any class referred to in section 15 of that Act; and
(ii) to be outside the control of the Authority.
(d) by omitting "and the land to which any such proclamation relates shall, by force of this subsection, be taken, for the purposes of this Act, to form part of, or to be excised from, the historic site or the adjacent area, as the case requires.".
Ben Lomond Skifield Management Authority Act 1995
1.    Section 3 is amended by omitting "State reserve" from the definition of Ben Lomond National Park and substituting "national park".
2.    Section 23(2)(b) is amended by omitting "a State reserve" and substituting "reserved land in the class of national park within the meaning of the National Parks and Wildlife Act 1970 ".
Mining (Strategic Prospectivity Zones) Act 1993
1.    Section 7(5)(b) is amended by inserting ", national park, nature reserve, historic site" after "State reserve".
Public Land (Administration and Forests) Act 1991
1.    Division 4 of Part 5 is amended by omitting "and Register of Deferred Forest Land" from the heading to that Division.
2.    Section 133 is repealed.
3.    Section 134(3)(b) is amended by omitting "or deferred forest land".
4.    Section 135 is amended by omitting "State reserve" from the definition of Douglas-Apsley National Park and substituting "national park".
5.   Schedule 9 is amended as follows:
(a) by omitting from the heading to that Schedule "AND DEFERRED FOREST LAND";
(b) by omitting from the section reference ", 133".
Fire Service Act 1979
1.    Section 3(1) is amended as follows:
(a) by omitting the definition of conservation area ;
(b) by omitting the definition of State reserve .
2.    Section 18(2)(d) is amended by omitting "a conservation area" and substituting "any reserved land".
3.    Section 45(1) is amended as follows:
(a) by omitting "a State reserve or part of a State reserve" and substituting "reserved land in the class of national park, State reserve, nature reserve or historic site under the National Parks and Wildlife Act 1970 ";
(b) by omitting "reserve or part of that reserve" and substituting "reserved land".
4.    Section 65(1)(b) is amended by omitting "the conservation areas" and substituting "any reserved land as defined in the National Parks and Wildlife Act 1970 ".
5.    Section 65A(1)(b) is amended by omitting "a conservation area" and substituting "any reserved land as defined in the National Parks and Wildlife Act 1970 ".
6.    Section 66(2) is amended by omitting "a conservation area" and substituting "any reserved land as defined in the National Parks and Wildlife Act 1970 ".
7.    Section 67(3)(a) is amended as follows:
(a) by omitting from subparagraph (i) "a conservation area" and substituting "any reserved land as defined in the National Parks and Wildlife Act 1970 ";
(b) by omitting from subparagraph (ii) "a conservation area" and substituting "any reserved land as defined in the National Parks and Wildlife Act 1970 ".
8.    Section 68(4)(b) is amended by omitting "land in a conservation area" and substituting "any reserved land as defined in the National Parks and Wildlife Act 1970 ".
Living Marine Resources Management Act 1995
1.    Section 112 is amended by omitting subsection (3) .
SCHEDULE 2 - Consequential Amendments

Section 4

Approvals (Deadlines) Act 1993
1.    Schedule 1 is amended by omitting

Reservation of Crown land for public purposes under section 8 of the Crown Lands Act 1976

 

180 days from the day on which an application in a form approved by the responsible Minister is received by that Minister.

and substituting:

Reservation of Crown land as a public reserve under section 8 of the Crown Lands Act 1976

 

180 days from the day on which an application in a form approved by the responsible Minister is received by that Minister.

Land Acquisition Act 1993
1.    Section 75 is amended as follows:
(a) by inserting in subsection (1) "as a public reserve" after "to the Crown";
(b) by omitting from subsection (2) " section 14 (1) of the National Parks and Wildlife Act 1970 " and substituting "the National Parks and Wildlife Act 1970 ".
Local Government (Building and Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1993
1.    Section 98 is amended by omitting paragraph (b) and substituting the following paragraph:
(b) subject to the Crown Lands Act 1976 as if reserved to the Crown under section 8 of that Act for any purpose –
(i) agreed to between the authority sealing the plan and the Crown; and
(ii) specified in Column 3 of Schedule 5 to that Act.

[Second reading presentation speech made in:

House of Assembly on 27 JUNE 2000

Legislative Council on 4 JULY 2000]