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FORESTRY ACT 2012 - SECT 69G

Review of agreements and related integrated forestry operations approvals

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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