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2016-2017
The Parliament of the
Commonwealth of Australia
THE SENATE
Presented and read a first time
Regional Forest Agreements Legislation
(Repeal) Bill 2017
No. , 2017
(Senator Rice)
A Bill for an Act to repeal the Regional Forest
Agreements Act 2002, and for related purposes
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Contents
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Short title ........................................................................................... 1
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Commencement ................................................................................. 1
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Schedules ........................................................................................... 2
Schedule 1--Repeal of the Regional Forest Agreements Act
2002
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Regional Forest Agreements Act 2002
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Schedule 2--Consequential amendments
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Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999
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No. , 2017
Regional Forest Agreements Legislation (Repeal) Bill 2017
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A Bill for an Act to repeal the Regional Forest
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Agreements Act 2002, and for related purposes
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The Parliament of Australia enacts:
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1 Short title
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This Act is the Regional Forest Agreements Legislation (Repeal)
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Act 2017.
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2 Commencement
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(1) Each provision of this Act specified in column 1 of the table
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commences, or is taken to have commenced, in accordance with
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column 2 of the table. Any other statement in column 2 has effect
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according to its terms.
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Commencement information
Column 1
Column 2
Column 3
Provisions
Commencement
Date/Details
1. Sections 1 and
2 and anything in
this Act not
elsewhere covered
by this table
The day this Act receives the Royal Assent.
2. Schedules 1
and 2
The day after this Act receives the Royal
Assent.
Note:
This table relates only to the provisions of this Act as originally
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enacted. It will not be amended to deal with any later amendments of
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this Act.
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(2) Any information in column 3 of the table is not part of this Act.
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Information may be inserted in this column, or information in it
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may be edited, in any published version of this Act.
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3 Schedules
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Legislation that is specified in a Schedule to this Act is amended or
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repealed as set out in the applicable items in the Schedule
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concerned, and any other item in a Schedule to this Act has effect
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according to its terms.
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Repeal of the Regional Forest Agreements Act 2002 Schedule 1
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Schedule 1--Repeal of the Regional Forest
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Agreements Act 2002
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Regional Forest Agreements Act 2002
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1 The whole of the Act
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Repeal the Act.
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2 Application
--repeal of Act
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(1)
Despite the repeal of the Regional Forest Agreements Act 2002,
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sections 6, 7 and 8 of that Act, and any other provisions of that Act
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necessary for the effective operation of those sections, continue to apply
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in relation to forestry operations conducted in relation to land in a
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region covered by a regional forest agreement.
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(2)
This item ceases to apply in relation to forestry operations conducted in
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relation to land in a region covered by a particular regional forest
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agreement on the earlier of:
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(a) the last day of the initial period of that agreement; and
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(b) the day on which that agreement is terminated.
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3 Effect of repeal
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(1)
To avoid doubt, on the commencement of this Schedule and subject to
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item 2:
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(a) an export control law will apply to RFA wood whether or not
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that law expressly refers to RFA wood; and
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(b) Part 3 of the Environment Protection and Biodiversity
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Conservation Act 1999 will apply to a forestry operation
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whether or not that operation is undertaken in accordance
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with a regional forestry agreement; and
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(c) no compensation is payable by the Commonwealth under
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section 8 of the old Act; and
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(d) the Minister is required to comply with subsection 9(2) of the
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old Act (which deals with publishing a notice that a regional
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forestry agreement has ceased to be in force).
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(2)
In this item:
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Schedule 1 Repeal of the Regional Forest Agreements Act 2002
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old Act means the Regional Forest Agreements Act 2002.
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Consequential amendments Schedule 2
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Schedule 2--Consequential amendments
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Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act
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1999
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1 Section 11
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Omit "it is taken in accordance with Regional Forest Agreements or".
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2 Division 4 of Part 4 of Chapter 2
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Repeal the Division.
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3 Subsection 75(2B)
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Repeal the subsection.
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4 Application of amendments
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(1)
This item applies to a forestry operation mentioned in subitem 2(1) of
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Schedule 1.
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(2)
The Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999,
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as amended by this Schedule, does not apply in relation to the forestry
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operation.
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(3)
Despite the repeal of Division 4 of Part 4 of Chapter 2 of the
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Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 made
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by this Schedule, that Division, and any other provisions of that Act
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necessary for the effective operation of that Division, continue to apply
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in relation to the forestry operation, as if the repeal had not happened.
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(4)
This item ceases to apply in relation to a particular forestry operation on
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the day on which subitem 2(1) of Schedule 1 ceases to apply in relation
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to that operation.
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