Commonwealth Numbered Regulations

EXPORT CONTROL (HARDWOOD WOOD CHIPS) AMENDMENT REGULATIONS 1999 (NO. 3) 1999 NO. 328 - SCHEDULE 1

(regulation 3)

[1] Paragraphs 2 (a) and (b)

omit

1 January 2000

insert

1 April 2000

[2] After subregulation 10 (4)

insert

(5)

In the period beginning on 1 January 2000, and ending at the end of 31 March 2000, the holder of a transitional licence must not export more than:

(a)

the greater of:

(i)

a mass of controlled wood chips (whether residue or otherwise) equal to one third of the mass of controlled wood chips (whether residue or otherwise) authorised for paragraph (1) (a) for a calendar year of the licence; and

(ii)

10,000 tonnes of controlled wood chips (whether residue or otherwise); and

(b)

a mass of residue wood chips equal to one third of the mass of residue wood chips authorised for paragraph (1) (b) for a calendar year of the licence.

[3] After subregulation 11 (2)

insert

(2A)

However, despite anything contained in the licence, a transitional licence mentioned in subregulation (2B) continues in force until the end of 31 March 2000.

(2B)

Subregulation (2A) applies to a transitional licence that:

(a)

is in force on 31 December 1999; and

(b)

authorises the export of controlled wood chips from a region for which, or for part of which, there is no Regional Forest Agreement in force on 31 December 1999.

[4] Subregulation 11 (3)

omit

subregulation (2)

insert

subregulations (2) and (2A)

[5] Regulation 12

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A

insert

(1)

A

[6] Regulation 12

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(2)

In a transitional licence that is in force after 31 December 1999 and that authorises the export of controlled wood chips that are derived from New South Wales, a reference to the Deferred Forest Agreement is taken to be a reference to the Deferred Forest Agreement as in force on 31 December 1999.

(3)

In a transitional licence that is in force after 31 December 1999 and that authorises the export of controlled wood chips that are derived from Victoria, a reference to the Interim Forest Agreement is taken to be a reference to the Interim Forest Agreement as in force on 31 December 1999.

(4)

If a transitional licence is in force after 31 December 1999:

(a)

the holder of the licence must give the Department, within 3 months after the licence ceases to have effect, a report in accordance with the conditions of the licence for the period in which it had effect after that date as if that period were a period ending on 31 December in a year; and

(b)

a requirement in the licence to give the Department a report for a 6 month period ending on 30 June or 31 December in a year in which the licence is in force does not apply in the year 2000.

(5)

A requirement in a transitional licence to pay a monitoring fee for the monitoring of compliance with the conditions of the licence does not apply after 31 December 1999.

[7] Schedule 1, item 2, paragraph (c)

substitute

(c)

Gippsland Region — that is, the area surrounded by the purple line on Map 1 (Gippsland Land Tenure) in the Comprehensive Regional Assessment dated September 1999, published by the joint Commonwealth and Victorian Regional Forest Agreement (RFA) Steering Committee; and