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FORESTRY ACT 2012 - SECT 69G
Review of agreements and related integrated forestry operations approvals
(1) The Ministers who are parties to a forest agreement are required to
jointly review the agreement and any integrated forestry operations approval
for the region.
(2) A review is to be undertaken for the purposes only of
assessing-- (a) the implementation of the provisions of the agreement, and
(b) whether integrated forestry operations approvals are effective in
achieving the purpose of those approvals.
(3) A review is to be undertaken by
those Ministers every 5 years after the agreement is made.
(4) Those
Ministers are to ensure that the public is given an opportunity to participate
in the review. The public participation is to include the following-- (a)
giving at least 28 days public notice of the review (including notice of the
proposed terms of reference of the review),
(b) inviting representations in
connection with the proposed terms of reference within the time specified in
the notice, and the consideration of any such representations before the terms
of reference are settled,
(c) giving public notice of whether any changes are
proposed to the forest agreement or to the
integrated forestry operations approval,
(d) making the proposed changes
publicly accessible for at least 28 days after the notice is given,
(e)
inviting representations in connection with any proposed changes within the
time specified in the notice,
(f) consideration of any such representation
before a decision is made on the outcome of the review and any changes are
made.
(5) The Ministers are to cause a report on the outcome of each review
to be tabled in each House of Parliament within 12 months after the end of the
relevant 5-year period.
(6) Despite section 69E, a forest agreement may not
be amended as a result of a review under this section until the report on the
outcome of the review has been tabled under subsection (5).
(8) This section
does not apply in respect of any integrated forestry operations approval
prepared for the Community Conservation Area as defined by the
Brigalow and Nandewar Community Conservation Area Act 2005 .
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