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Owner Drivers and Forestry Contractors
Amendment Act 2017
No. of 2017
TABLE OF PROVISIONS
Clause Page
1 Purpose 1
2 Commencement 1
3 Principal Act 2
4 Membership of the Transport Industry Council 2
5 Membership of the Forestry Industry Council 3
6 Repeal of amending Act 4
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Endnotes 5
1 General information 5
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Owner Drivers and Forestry
Contractors Amendment Act 2017
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[Assented to ]
The Parliament of Victoria enacts:
1 Purpose
The main purpose of this Act is to amend the
Owner Drivers and Forestry Contractors
Act 2005 in relation to certain industry councils
and their membership.
2 Commencement
(1) Subject to subsection (2), this Act comes into
operation on a day to be proclaimed.
(2) If this Act does not come into operation before
1 March 2018, it comes into operation on that day.
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3 Principal Act
In this Act, the Owner Drivers and Forestry
Contractors Act 2005 is called the Principal Act.
4 Membership of the Transport Industry Council
(1) In section 56(2) of the Principal Act, for
"section (1)(b) or (c)" substitute
"subsection (1)(b) or (c) or (2A)".
(2) After section 56(2) of the Principal Act insert--
"(2A) If a nominating body referred to in
subsection (1) ceases to exist, the Minister
may--
(a) select an alternative body that, in
the Minister's opinion, is suitably
representative of the former nominating
body; and
(b) call for a nomination from that
alternative body; and
(c) appoint to the Transport Industry
Council a person nominated by the
alternative body in the place of a person
nominated by the former body.
(2B) If the Minister appoints a person
nominated by an alternative body under
subsection (2A), the Minister, as soon as
practicable after that appointment, must
publish in the Government Gazette a notice
setting out--
(a) the name of that alternative body; and
(b) the name of the former body that
ceased to exist.
(2C) A notice published under subsection (2B)
only needs to be published once in respect
of a particular alternative body.
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(2D) On the publication of a notice under
subsection (2B), the alternative body
specified in the notice is taken for
the purposes of subsection (2A) to
be a nominating body referred to in
subsection (1).".
5 Membership of the Forestry Industry Council
(1) In section 59(1) of the Principal Act--
(a) in paragraph (b), for "Department of Primary
Industries" substitute "Department of
Economic Development, Jobs, Transport
and Resources";
(b) in paragraph (c)--
(i) in subparagraph (ii), for
"Australian Plantation Products
and Paper Industry Council Ltd
(A.C.N. 005 904 898)" substitute
"Australian Forest Products Association
Limited (ACN 008 621 510);
(c) in subparagraph (iv), for
"Victorian Harvesting and Cartage
Council" substitute "Australian Forest
Contractors Association Limited
(ACN 102 865 430)".
(2) In section 59(2) of the Principal Act, for
"section (1)(b) or (c)" substitute
"subsection (1)(b) or (c) or (2A)".
(3) After section 59(2) of the Principal Act insert--
"(2A) If a nominating body referred to in
subsection (1) ceases to exist, the Minister
may--
(a) select an alternative body that, in
the Minister's opinion, is suitably
representative of the former nominating
body; and
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(b) call for a nomination from that
alternative body; and
(c) appoint to the Forestry Industry
Council a person nominated by the
alternative body in the place of a person
nominated by the former body.
(2B) If the Minister appoints a person
nominated by an alternative body under
subsection (2A), the Minister, as soon as
practicable after that appointment, must
publish in the Government Gazette a notice
setting out--
(a) the name of that alternative body; and
(b) the name of the former body that
ceased to exist.
(2C) A notice published under subsection (2B)
only needs to be published once in respect
of a particular alternative body.
(2D) On the publication of a notice under
subsection (2B), the alternative body
specified in the notice is taken for
the purposes of subsection (2A) to
be a nominating body referred to in
subsection (1).".
6 Repeal of amending Act
This Act is repealed on 1 September 2018.
Note
The repeal of this Act does not affect the continuing operation
of the amendments made by it (see section 15(1) of the
Interpretation of Legislation Act 1984).
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Endnotes
Endnotes
1 General information
See www.legislation.vic.gov.au for Victorian Bills, Acts and current
authorised versions of legislation and up-to-date legislative information.
Minister's second reading speech--
Legislative Assembly:
Legislative Council:
The long title for the Bill for this Act was "A Bill for an Act to amend
the Owner Drivers and Forestry Contractors Act 2005 in relation to
certain industry councils and their membership and for other purposes."
By Authority. Government Printer for the State of Victoria.
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