Victorian Current Acts

FORESTS ACT 1958 - NOTES

Version No. 145

No. 6254 of 1958
Version incorporating amendments as at
14 September 2024

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Version No. 145

Forests Act 1958

No. 6254 of 1958

Version incorporating amendments as at
14 September 2024

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The Forests Act 1958 was assented to on 30 September 1958 and came into operation on 1 April 1959: Government Gazette 18 March 1959 page 892.

INTERPRETATION OF LEGISLATION ACT 1984 (ILA)

Style changes

Section 54A of the ILA authorises the making of the style changes set out in Schedule 1 to that Act.

References to ILA s. 39B

Sidenotes which cite ILA s. 39B refer to section 39B of the ILA which provides that where an undivided section or clause of a Schedule is amended by the insertion of one or more subsections or subclauses, the original section or clause becomes subsection or subclause (1) and is amended by the insertion of the expression "(1)" at the beginning of the original section or clause.

Interpretation

As from 1 January 2001, amendments to section 36 of the ILA have the following effects:

•     Headings

All headings included in an Act which is passed on or after 1 January 2001 form part of that Act. Any heading inserted in an Act which was passed before 1 January 2001, by an Act passed on or after 1 January 2001, forms part of that Act. This includes headings to Parts, Divisions or Subdivisions in a Schedule; sections; clauses; items; tables; columns; examples; diagrams; notes or forms. See section 36(1A)(2A).

•     Examples, diagrams or notes

All examples, diagrams or notes included in an Act which is passed on or after 1 January 2001 form part of that Act. Any examples, diagrams or notes inserted in an Act which was passed before 1 January 2001, by an Act passed on or after 1 January 2001, form part of that Act. See section 36(3A).

•     Punctuation

All punctuation included in an Act which is passed on or after 1 January 2001 forms part of that Act. Any punctuation inserted in an Act which was passed before 1 January 2001, by an Act passed on or after 1 January 2001, forms part of that Act. See section 36(3B).

•     Provision numbers

All provision numbers included in an Act form part of that Act, whether inserted in the Act before, on or after 1 January 2001. Provision numbers include section numbers, subsection numbers, paragraphs and subparagraphs. See section 36(3C).

•     Location of "legislative items"

A "legislative item" is a penalty, an example or a note. As from 13 October 2004, a legislative item relating to a provision of an Act is taken to be at the foot of that provision even if it is preceded or followed by another legislative item that relates to that provision. For example, if a penalty at the foot of a provision is followed by a note, both of these legislative items will be regarded as being at the foot of that provision. See section 36B.

•     Other material

Any explanatory memorandum, table of provisions, endnotes, index and other material printed after the Endnotes does not form part of an Act.
See section 36(3)(3D)(3E).

    2     Table of Amendments

This publication incorporates amendments made to the Forests Act 1958 by Acts and subordinate instruments.

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Forests Act 1958, No. 6254/1958

Assent Date:	30.09.58
Commencement Date:	S. 108(4) inserted on 14.9.22 by No. 46/2021 s. 8: s. 2(2)
Note:	S. 108(4) repealed s. 108 on 14.9.24
Current State:	This information relates only to the provision/s amending the Forests Act 1958

Public Officers Salaries and Allowances Act 1958, No. 6471/1958 (as amended by No. 6489/1958)

Assent Date:	9.12.58
Commencement Date:	1.7.58: s. 1(2)
Current State:	All of Act in operation

Statute Law Revision Act 1959, No. 6547/1959

Assent Date:	20.10.59
Commencement Date:	1.4.59: s. 1(2)
Current State:	All of Act in operation

Public Officers Salaries and Allowances Act 1960, No. 6624/1960

Assent Date:	1.6.60
Commencement Date:	21.2.60: s. 1(2)
Current State:	All of Act in operation

Land (Unused Roads and Water Frontages) Act 1961, No. 6794/1961

Assent Date:	8.11.61
Commencement Date:	1.4.63: Government Gazette 20.3.63 p. 620
Current State:	All of Act in operation

Crown Leases Act 1961, No. 6842/1961

Assent Date:	19.12.61
Commencement Date:	19.12.61
Current State:	All of Act in operation

Forests (Amendment) Act 1962, No. 6870/1962

Assent Date:	2.5.62
Commencement Date:	2.5.62
Current State:	All of Act in operation

Subordinate Legislation Act 1962, No. 6886/1962

Assent Date:	8.5.62
Commencement Date:	1.8.62: Government Gazette 4.7.62 p. 2314
Current State:	All of Act in operation

Forests (Further Amendment) Act 1962, No. 6976/1962

Assent Date:	18.12.62
Commencement Date:	18.12.62
Current State:	All of Act in operation

Public Officers Salaries and Allowances Act 1963, No. 7054/1963

Assent Date:	26.11.63
Commencement Date:	Ss 12–14 on 12.5.63: s. 1(2)(b); ss 2–11 on 1.7.63: s. 1(2)(a); s. 1 on 26.11.63
Current State:	All of Act in operation

Statute Law Revision Act 1963, No 7065/1963

Assent Date:	3.12.63
Commencement Date:	3.12.63
Current State:	All of Act in operation

Forests (Amendment) Act 1964, No. 7205/1964

Assent Date:	15.12.64
Commencement Date:	15.12.64
Current State:	All of Act in operation

Public Lands and Works Act 1964, No. 7228/1964

Assent Date:	15.12.64
Commencement Date:	15.3.65: Government Gazette 11.3.65 p. 557
Current State:	All of Act in operation

Statute Law Revision Act 1965, No. 7332/1965

Assent Date:	14.12.65
Commencement Date:	14.12.65: subject to s. 3.
Current State:	All of Act in operation

Forests (Amendment) Act 1965, No. 7340/1965

Assent Date:	14.12.65
Commencement Date:	14.12.65
Current State:	All of Act in operation

Public Officers Salaries and Allowances Act 1965, No. 7356/1965

Assent Date:	14.12.65
Commencement Date:	Ss 12–14 on 4.7.65: s. 1(3); ss 2–11 on 1.12.65: s. 1(2); s. 1 on 14.12.65
Current State:	All of Act in operation

Extractive Industries Act 1966, No. 7499/1966

Assent Date:	20.12.66
Commencement Date:	15.5.68: Government Gazette 10.4.68 p. 1129
Current State:	All of Act in operation

Instruments (Corporate Bodies Contracts) Act 1967, No. 7547/1967

Assent Date:	17.3.67
Commencement Date:	1.7.67: Government Gazette 21.6.67 p. 2027
Current State:	All of Act in operation

Judges and Public Officers Salaries Act 1967, No. 7581/1967

Assent Date:	21.11.67
Commencement Date:	1.7.67: s. 1
Current State:	All of Act in operation

Forests (Amendment) Act 1968, No. 7674/1968

Assent Date:	18.4.68
Commencement Date:	18.4.68
Current State:	All of Act in operation

Forests (Amendment) Act 1968, No. 7740/1968

Assent Date:	2.12.68
Commencement Date:	23.1.69: Government Gazette 22.1.69 p. 125
Current State:	All of Act in operation

Local Government Act 1969, No. 7835/1969

Assent Date:	20.5.69
Commencement Date:	S. 9 on l.6.69; rest of Act on 21.5.69: Government Gazette 21.5.69 p. 1504
Current State:	All of Act in operation

Justices (Amendment) Act 1969, No. 7876/1969

Assent Date:	25.11.69
Commencement Date:	1.4.70 (except ss 3, 5, 6, 7(k)(m)–(o)); ss 3, 5, 6, 7(k)(m)–(o) on 1.7.70: Government Gazette 25.2.70 p. 463
Current State:	All of Act in operation

Public Officers Salaries and Allowances Act 1970, No. 7954/1970

Assent Date:	7.4.70
Commencement Date:	1.1.70: s. 2
Current State:	All of Act in operation

Forests (Amendment) Act 1970, No. 8035/1970

Assent Date:	8.12.70
Commencement Date:	8.12.70
Current State:	All of Act in operation

Statutory Salaries Act 1970, No. 8082/1970

Assent Date:	22.12.70
Commencement Date:	22.12.70
Current State:	All of Act in operation

National Parks (Amendment) Act 1971, No. 8210/1971

Assent Date:	14.12.71
Commencement Date:	14.12.71
Current State:	All of Act in operation

Crimes (Powers of Arrest) Act l972, No. 8247/1972

Assent Date:	6.4.72
Commencement Date:	1.7.72: Government Gazette 28.6.72 p. 2360
Current State:	All of Act in operation

Forests (Amendment) Act 1974, No. 8587/1974

Assent Date:	30.10.74
Commencement Date:	20.11.74: Government Gazette 20.11.74 p. 4032
Current State:	All of Act in operation

National Parks Act 1975, No. 8702/1975

Assent Date:	16.5.75
Commencement Date:	1.12.75: Government Gazette 26.11.75 p. 3888
Current State:	All of Act in operation

Forests (Advances) Act 1976, No. 8892/1976

Assent Date:	16.11.76
Commencement Date:	16.11.76
Current State:	All of Act in operation

Forests (Fire Prevention and Protection) (Amendment) Act 1976, No. 8945/1976

Assent Date:	14.12.76
Commencement Date:	14.12.76
Current State:	All of Act in operation

Statute Law Revision Act 1977, No. 9019/1977

Assent Date:	17.5.77
Commencement Date:	17.5.77: subject to s. 2(2)
Current State:	All of Act in operation

National Parks (Amendment) Act 1978, No. 9114/1978

Assent Date:	16.5.78
Commencement Date:	16.5.78
Current State:	All of Act in operation

Crown Land (Reserves) Act 1978, No. 9212/1978

Assent Date:	19.12.78
Commencement Date:	1.3.79: Government Gazette 21.2.79 p. 441
Current State:	All of Act in operation

National Parks Act 1978, No. 9247/1978

Assent Date:	19.12.78
Commencement Date:	S. 17 on 26.4.79: s. 1(3)
Current State:	This information relates only to the provision/s amending the Forests Act 1958

Forests (Reserved Land) Act 1979, No. 9280/1979

Assent Date:	10.7.79
Commencement Date:	1.8.79: Government Gazette 1.8.79 p. 2407
Current State:	All of Act in operation

Forests (Amendment) Act 1980, No. 9416/1980

Assent Date:	20.5.80
Commencement Date:	20.5.80
Current State:	All of Act in operation

Forests (Further Amendment) Act 1980, No. 9417/1980 (as amended by No. 9549/1981)

Assent Date:	20.5.80
Commencement Date:	20.5.80
Current State:	All of Act in operation

Statute Law Revision Act 1980, No. 9427/1980

Assent Date:	27.5.80
Commencement Date:	27.5.80: subject to s. 6(2)
Current State:	All of Act in operation

Forests (Penalties) Act 1980, No. 9464/1980

Assent Date:	16.12.80
Commencement Date:	16.12.80
Current State:	All of Act in operation

Statute Law Revision Act 1981, No. 9549/1981

Assent Date:	19.5.81
Commencement Date:	19.5.81: subject to s. 2(2)
Current State:	All of Act in operation

Crimes (Classification of Offences) Act 1981, No. 9576/1981

Assent Date:	26.5.81
Commencement Date:	1.9.81: Government Gazette 26.8.81 p. 2799
Current State:	All of Act in operation

Forests (Amendment) Act 1981, No. 9615/1981

Assent Date:	1.12.81
Commencement Date:	1.12.81
Current State:	All of Act in operation

Companies (Consequential Amendments) Act 1982, No. 9699/1982

Assent Date:	5.1.82
Commencement Date:	S. 23 on 1.7.82: s. 2(1)
Current State:	This information relates only to the provision/s amending the Forests Act 1958

Parliamentary Committees (Joint Investigatory Committees) Act 1982, No. 9765/1982

Assent Date:	13.7.82
Commencement Date:	25.8.82: Government Gazette 25.8.82 p. 2793
Current State:	All of Act in operation

Public Account (Trust Funds) Act 1982, No. 9861/1982

Assent Date:	5.1.83
Commencement Date:	12.1.83: Government Gazette 12.1.83 p. 81
Current State:	All of Act in operation

Transport Act 1983, No. 9921/1983

Assent Date:	23.6.83
Commencement Date:	S. 255(Sch. 12) on 1.7.83: s. 1(2)(c)
Current State:	This information relates only to the provision/s amending the Forests Act 1958

Mines (Amendment) Act 1983, No. 9936/1983

Assent Date:	5.7.83
Commencement Date:	30.10.83: Government Gazette 5.10.83 p. 3293
Current State:	All of Act in operation

Alpine Resorts Act 1983, No. 9974/1983

Assent Date:	29.11.83
Commencement Date:	Ss 1–43, 44(2) on 28.3.84: Government Gazette 28.3.84 p. 977; rest of Act on 17.4.85: Government Gazette 17.4.85 p. 1101
Current State:	All of Act in operation

Education (Amendment) Act 1983, No. 9993/1983 (as amended by No. 10087/1984)

Assent Date:	13.12.83
Commencement Date:	S. 20 on 8.2.84: Government Gazette 8.2.84 p. 402
Current State:	This information relates only to the provision/s amending the Forests Act 1958

National Parks (Amendment) Act 1984, No. 10073/1984

Assent Date:	15.5.84
Commencement Date:	S. 15 on 15.5.84: s. 3(1)
Current State:	This information relates only to the provision/s amending the Forests Act 1958

Water (Central Management Restructuring) Act 1984, No. 10081/1984

Assent Date:	15.5.84
Commencement Date:	1.7.84: Government Gazette 20.6.84 p. 1937
Current State:	All of Act in operation

Statute Law Revision Act 1984, No. 10087/1984

Assent Date:	22.5.84
Commencement Date:	22.5.84: subject to s. 3(2)
Current State:	All of Act in operation

National Parks (Further Amendment) Act 1984, No. 10166/1984

Assent Date:	20.11.84
Commencement Date:	S. 22 on 18.12.84: s. 2(1)
Current State:	This information relates only to the provision/s amending the Forests Act 1958

Forests and Country Fire Authority (Penalties) Act 1985, No. 10235/1985

Assent Date:	10.12.85
Commencement Date:	10.12.85
Current State:	All of Act in operation

Courts Amendment Act 1986, No. 16/1986

Assent Date:	22.4.86
Commencement Date:	S. 30 on 1.7.86: Government Gazette 25.6.86 p. 2180
Current State:	This information relates only to the provision/s amending the Forests Act 1958

Land Acquisition and Compensation Act 1986, No. 121/1986

Assent Date:	23.12.86
Commencement Date:	29.11.87: Government Gazette 25.11.87 p. 3224
Current State:	All of Act in operation

Coal Mines (Amendment) Act 1987, No. 6/1987

Assent Date:	28.4.87
Commencement Date:	11.5.87: Government Gazette 6.5.87 p. 1004
Current State:	All of Act in operation

Conservation, Forests and Lands Act 1987, No. 41/1987

Assent Date:	19.5.87
Commencement Date:	Ss 103(Sch. 4 items 24.1–24.123), 116(9) on 1.7.87: Government Gazette 24.6.87 p. 1694
Current State:	This information relates only to the provision/s amending the Forests Act 1958

Magistrates' Court (Consequential Amendments) Act 1989, No. 57/1989

Assent Date:	14.6.89
Commencement Date:	S. 4(1)(a)–(e)(2) on 1.9.89: Government Gazette 30.8.89 p. 2210; rest of Act on 1.9.90: Government Gazette 25.7.90 p. 2217
Current State:	All of Act in operation

Water (Consequential Amendments) Act 1989, No. 81/1989

Assent Date:	5.12.89
Commencement Date:	1.11.90: Government Gazette 15.8.90 p. 2473
Current State:	All of Act in operation

Conservation, Forests and Lands Acts (Amendment) Act 1989, No. 90/1989

Assent Date:	5.12.89
Commencement Date:	S. 10 on 5.12.89: s. 2(1)
Current State:	This information relates only to the provision/s amending the Forests Act 1958

Local Government (Amendment) Act 1990, No. 13/1990

Assent Date:	8.5.90
Commencement Date:	S. 40 on 8.5.90: s. 2(2)(a)
Current State:	This information relates only to the provision/s amending the Forests Act 1958

Forests (Timber Harvesting) Act 1990, No. 82/1990

Assent Date:	11.12.90
Commencement Date:	11.12.90
Current State:	All of Act in operation

Mineral Resources Development Act 1990, No. 92/1990

Assent Date:	18.12.90
Commencement Date:	S. 128(Sch. 1 items 12.1–12.8) on 6.11.91: Government Gazette 30.10.91 p. 2970
Current State:	This information relates only to the provision/s amending the Forests Act 1958

Victorian Plantation Corporation Act 1993, No. 61/1993

Assent Date:	8.6.93
Commencement Date:	S. 34 on 1.7.93: Government Gazette 24.6.93 p. 1596
Current State:	This information relates only to the provision/s amending the Forests Act 1958

Mineral Resources Development (Amendment) Act 1993, No. 86/1993

Assent Date:	3.11.93
Commencement Date:	S. 41 on 17.1.94: Government Gazette 16.12.93 p. 3317
Current State:	This information relates only to the provision/s amending the Forests Act 1958

Financial Management (Consequential Amendments) Act 1994, No. 31/1994

Assent Date:	31.5.94
Commencement Date:	S. 3(Sch. 1 items 30.1, 30.2) on 7.7.94: Government Gazette 7.7.94 p. 1878—see Interpretation of Legislation Act 1984
Current State:	This information relates only to the provision/s amending the Forests Act 1958

Catchment and Land Protection Act 1994, No. 52/1994

Assent Date:	15.6.94
Commencement Date:	S. 97(Sch. 3 item 13) on 15.12.94: s. 2(3)
Current State:	This information relates only to the provision/s amending the Forests Act 1958

Impounding of Livestock Act 1994, No. 89/1994

Assent Date:	6.12.94
Commencement Date:	6.12.94
Current State:	All of Act in operation

Crown Lands Acts (Amendment) Act 1994, No. 96/1994

Assent Date:	13.12.94
Commencement Date:	Pt 1 (ss 1, 2) on 13.12.94: s. 2(1); rest of Act (ss 3–59) on 26.1.95: Government Gazette 26.1.95 p. 163
Current State:	All of Act in operation

Plant Health and Plant Products Act 1995, No. 51/1995

Assent Date:	14.6.95
Commencement Date:	S. 75 on 14.6.96: s. 2(3)
Current State:	This information relates only to the provision/s amending the Forests Act 1958

National Parks (Yarra Ranges and Other Amendments) Act 1995, No. 57/1995

Assent Date:	20.6.95
Commencement Date:	S. 46 on 15.12.95: Government Gazette 14.12.95 p. 3488
Current State:	This information relates only to the provision/s amending the Forests Act 1958

Extractive Industries Development Act 1995, No. 67/1995 (as amended by No. 74/2000)

Assent Date:	17.10.95
Commencement Date:	Pt 1 (ss 1–7), s. 60(1)(2) on 17.10.95: s. 2(1); rest of Act on 1.6.96: Special Gazette (No. 60) 31.5.96 p. 4
Current State:	All of Act in operation

Electricity Industry (Further Amendment) Act 1995, No. 79/1995

Assent Date:	28.11.95
Commencement Date:	S. 32 on 28.11.95: Special Gazette (No. 116) 28.11.95 p. 1
Current State:	This information relates only to the provision/s amending the Forests Act 1958

Electricity Industry (Further Amendment) Act 1996, No. 48/1996

Assent Date:	26.11.96
Commencement Date:	26.11.96: s. 2
Current State:	All of Act in operation

Electricity Industry (Further Miscellaneous Amendment) Act 1997, No. 55/1997

Assent Date:	21.10.97
Commencement Date:	Ss 26, 27 on 21.10.97: s. 2(1)
Current State:	This information relates only to the provision/s amending the Forests Act 1958

Alpine Resorts (Management) Act 1997, No. 89/1997

Assent Date:	9.12.97
Commencement Date:	S. 72 on 30.4.98: Government Gazette 30.4.98 p. 926
Current State:	This information relates only to the provision/s amending the Forests Act 1958

Audit (Amendment) Act 1997, No. 93/1997

Assent Date:	16.12.97
Commencement Date:	S. 28(Sch. item 14) on 1.7.98: s. 2(2)
Current State:	This information relates only to the provision/s amending the Forests Act 1958

Victorian Plantations Corporation (Amendment) Act 1998, No. 35/1998

Assent Date:	19.5.98
Commencement Date:	S. 15 on 26.6.98: Government Gazette 25.6.98 p. 1561
Current State:	This information relates only to the provision/s amending the Forests Act 1958

Public Sector Reform (Miscellaneous Amendments) Act 1998, No. 46/1998

Assent Date:	26.5.98
Commencement Date:	S. 7(Sch. 1) on 1.7.98: s. 2(2)
Current State:	This information relates only to the provision/s amending the Forests Act 1958

Conservation, Forests and Lands (Miscellaneous Amendments) Act 1998, No. 76/1998

Assent Date:	10.11.98
Commencement Date:	S. 10 on 15.12.98: s. 2(5)
Current State:	This information relates only to the provision/s amending the Forests Act 1958

Transfer of Land (Single Register) Act 1998, No. 85/1998 (as amended by No. 76/1998)

Assent Date:	17.11.98
Commencement Date:	S. 24(Sch. item 25) on 1.1.99: s. 2(3)
Current State:	This information relates only to the provision/s amending the Forests Act 1958

Audit (Amendment) Act 1999, No. 53/1999

Assent Date:	14.12.99
Commencement Date:	S. 26(Sch. item 12) on 1.1.00: Government Gazette 23.12.99 p. 2764
Current State:	This information relates only to the provision/s amending the Forests Act 1958

Water Industry (Amendment) Act 2000, No. 66/2000

Assent Date:	8.11.00
Commencement Date:	S. 55 on 15.4.99: s. 2(2)
Current State:	This information relates only to the provision/s amending the Forests Act 1958

Electricity Industry Legislation (Miscellaneous Amendments) Act 2000, No. 69/2000

Assent Date:	21.11.00
Commencement Date:	S. 53 on 1.1.01: s. 2(4)
Current State:	This information relates only to the provision/s amending the Forests Act 1958

Statute Law Revision Act 2000, No. 74/2000

Assent Date:	21.11.00
Commencement Date:	S. 3(Sch. 1 item 52) on 22.11.00: s. 2(1)
Current State:	This information relates only to the provision/s amending the Forests Act 1958

Statute Law Amendment (Authorised Deposit-taking Institutions) Act 2001, No. 11/2001

Assent Date:	8.5.01
Commencement Date:	S. 3(Sch. item 27) on 1.6.01: s. 2(2)
Current State:	This information relates only to the provision/s amending the Forests Act 1958

Corporations (Consequential Amendments) Act 2001, No. 44/2001

Assent Date:	27.6.01
Commencement Date:	S. 3(Sch. item 49) on 15.7.01: s. 2
Current State:	This information relates only to the provision/s amending the Forests Act 1958

Auction Sales (Repeal) Act 2001, No. 84/2001

Assent Date:	11.12.01
Commencement Date:	S. 5 on 1.1.03: s. 2(4)
Current State:	This information relates only to the provision/s amending the Forests Act 1958

National Parks (Box-Ironbark and Other Parks) Act 2002, No. 50/2002

Assent Date:	29.10.02
Commencement Date:	S. 27 on 30.10.02: s. 2
Current State:	This information relates only to the provision/s amending the Forests Act 1958

Forests and National Parks Acts (Amendment) Act 2003, No. 97/2003

Assent Date:	2.12.03
Commencement Date:	Ss 3–5 on 3.12.03: s. 2
Current State:	This information relates only to the provision/s amending the Forests Act 1958

Road Management Act 2004, No. 12/2004

Assent Date:	11.5.04
Commencement Date:	Ss 157, 158 on 1.7.04: s. 2(2)
Current State:	This information relates only to the provision/s amending the Forests Act 1958

Sustainable Forests (Timber) Act 2004, No. 48/2004

Assent Date:	16.6.04
Commencement Date:	Ss 97, 98, 100(1), 103–105, 107, 108, 110, 112, 116, 122, 123(1), 124, 125 on 17.6.04: s. 2(1); ss 99, 101, 102, 106, 111, 113–115, 117–121, 123(2)–(4), 126 on 1.8.04: Government Gazette 29.7.04 p. 2120; s. 100(2) on 31.8.05: Government Gazette 14.7.05 p. 1550; s. 109 on 18.5.06: Government Gazette 18.5.06 p. 929
Current State:	This information relates only to the provision/s amending the Forests Act 1958

National Parks (Additions and Other Amendments) Act 2004, No. 64/2004

Assent Date:	12.10.04
Commencement Date:	S. 35 on 13.10.04: s. 2(1)
Current State:	This information relates only to the provision/s amending the Forests Act 1958

Public Administration Act 2004, No. 108/2004

Assent Date:	21.12.04
Commencement Date:	S. 117(1)(Sch. 3 item 83) on 5.4.05: Government Gazette 31.3.05 p. 602
Current State:	This information relates only to the provision/s amending the Forests Act 1958

Safety on Public Land Act 2004, No. 109/2004

Assent Date:	21.12.04
Commencement Date:	Ss 21, 22 on 22.12.04: s. 2
Current State:	This information relates only to the provision/s amending the Forests Act 1958

National Parks (Otways and Other Amendments) Act 2005, No. 60/2005

Assent Date:	20.9.05
Commencement Date:	Ss 34–37 on 24.10.06: Special Gazette (No. 285) 24.10.06 p. 1
Current State:	This information relates only to the provision/s amending the Forests Act 1958

Education and Training Reform Act 2006, No. 24/2006

Assent Date:	16.5.06
Commencement Date:	S. 6.1.2(Sch. 7 item 19) on 1.7.07: Government Gazette 28.6.07 p. 1304
Current State:	This information relates only to the provision/s amending the Forests Act 1958

Mineral Resources Development (Sustainable Development) Act 2006, No. 63/2006

Assent Date:	29.8.06
Commencement Date:	S. 61(Sch. item 16) on 30.8.06: s. 2(1)
Current State:	This information relates only to the provision/s amending the Forests Act 1958

Education and Training Reform Miscellaneous Amendments Act 2007,
No. 58/2007

Assent Date:	27.11.07
Commencement Date:	S. 53 on 28.11.07: s. 2(1)
Current State:	This information relates only to the provision/s amending the Forests Act 1958

National Parks and Crown Land (Reserves) Acts Amendment Act 2008,
No. 54/2008

Assent Date:	23.9.08
Commencement Date:	S. 24 on 24.9.08: s. 2(1)
Current State:	This information relates only to the provision/s amending the Forests Act 1958

Resources Industry Legislation Amendment Act 2009, No. 6/2009

Assent Date:	3.3.09
Commencement Date:	S. 52 on 1.1.10: s. 2(2)
Current State:	This information relates only to the provision/s amending the Forests Act 1958

Crown Land Acts Amendment (Lease and Licence Terms) Act 2009,
No. 40/2009

Assent Date:	5.8.09
Commencement Date:	Ss 19, 20 on 6.8.09: s. 2(1); ss 18, 21–24 on 1.7.11: s. 2(3)
Current State:	This information relates only to the provision/s amending the Forests Act 1958

Statute Law Amendment (Charter of Human Rights and Responsibilities) Act 2009, No. 45/2009

Assent Date:	5.8.09
Commencement Date:	Ss 10–12 on 6.8.09: s. 2
Current State:	This information relates only to the provision/s amending the Forests Act 1958

Criminal Procedure Amendment (Consequential and Transitional Provisions) Act 2009, No. 68/2009

Assent Date:	24.11.09
Commencement Date:	S. 97(Sch. item 60) on 1.1.10: Government Gazette 10.12.09 p. 3215
Current State:	This information relates only to the provision/s amending the Forests Act 1958

Land Legislation Amendment Act 2009, No. 80/2009

Assent Date:	8.12.09
Commencement Date:	S. 105 on 1.5.10: s. 2(2)
Current State:	This information relates only to the provision/s amending the Forests Act 1958

Parks and Crown Land Legislation Amendment (River Red Gums) Act 2009, No. 82/2009

Assent Date:	8.12.09
Commencement Date:	Ss 34, 35 on 1.1.10: Government Gazette 17.12.09 p. 3338; ss 33, 36 on 1.7.10: Government Gazette 1.7.10 p. 1359
Current State:	This information relates only to the provision/s amending the Forests Act 1958

Transport Integration Act 2010, No. 6/2010 (as amended by No. 45/2010)

Assent Date:	2.3.10
Commencement Date:	Ss 25(5)(Sch. 2 item 4), 203(1)(Sch. 6 item 23) on 1.7.10: Special Gazette (No. 256) 30.6.10 p. 1
Current State:	This information relates only to the provision/s amending the Forests Act 1958

Parks and Crown Land Legislation (Mount Buffalo) Act 2010, No. 35/2010

Assent Date:	15.6.10
Commencement Date:	S. 24(Sch. 6 item 2) on 8.7.10: Government Gazette 8.7.10 p. 1518
Current State:	This information relates only to the provision/s amending the Forests Act 1958

Climate Change Act 2010, No. 54/2010

Assent Date:	14.9.10
Commencement Date:	S. 79 on 1.7.11: s. 2(2)
Current State:	This information relates only to the provision/s amending the Forests Act 1958

Traditional Owner Settlement Act 2010, No. 62/2010

Assent Date:	21.9.10
Commencement Date:	Ss 115–120 on 23.9.10: Special Gazette (No. 382) 22.9.10 p. 1
Current State:	This information relates only to the provision/s amending the Forests Act 1958

Fire Services Commissioner Act 2010, No. 73/2010

Assent Date:	19.10.10
Commencement Date:	Ss 48–52 on 1.12.10: s. 2(2)
Current State:	This information relates only to the provision/s amending the Forests Act 1958

Statute Law Revision Act 2011, No. 29/2011

Assent Date:	21.6.11
Commencement Date:	S. 3(Sch. 1 item 41) on 22.6.11: s. 2(1)
Current State:	This information relates only to the provision/s amending the Forests Act 1958

Emergency Services Legislation Amendment Act 2012, No. 5/2012

Assent Date:	6.3.12
Commencement Date:	S. 116 on 1.5.12: Special Gazette (No. 140) 1.5.12 p. 1
Current State:	This information relates only to the provision/s amending the Forests Act 1958

Parks and Crown Land Legislation Amendment Act 2012, No. 7/2012

Assent Date:	6.3.12
Commencement Date:	S. 25 on 1.9.12: Special Gazette (No. 291) 28.8.12 p. 1
Current State:	This information relates only to the provision/s amending the Forests Act 1958

Forests Amendment Act 2012, No. 46/2012

Assent Date:	21.8.12
Commencement Date:	Ss 3–13 on 1.9.12: s. 2(2)
Current State:	This information relates only to the provision/s amending the Forests Act 1958

Traditional Owner Settlement Amendment Act 2013, No. 4/2013

Assent Date:	19.2.13
Commencement Date:	S. 33 on 8.3.13: Special Gazette (No. 70) 5.3.13 p. 1
Current State:	This information relates only to the provision/s amending the Forests Act 1958

Statute Law Revision Act 2013, No. 70/2013

Assent Date:	19.11.13
Commencement Date:	S. 4(Sch. 2 item 20) on 1.12.13: s. 2(1)
Current State:	This information relates only to the provision/s amending the Forests Act 1958

Emergency Management Act 2013, No. 73/2013 (as amended by No. 41/2014)

Assent Date:	3.12.13
Commencement Date:	Ss 85–87 on 1.7.14: Special Gazette (No. 148) 13.5.14 p. 1
Current State:	This information relates only to the provision/s amending the Forests Act 1958

Victoria Police Amendment (Consequential and Other Matters) Act 2014, No. 37/2014

Assent Date:	3.6.14
Commencement Date:	S. 10(Sch. item 67) on 1.7.14: Special Gazette (No. 200) 24.6.14 p. 2
Current State:	This information relates only to the provision/s amending the Forests Act 1958

Filming Approval Act 2014, No. 51/2014

Assent Date:	12.8.14
Commencement Date:	S. 9(Sch. 2 item 4) on 1.3.15: s. 2(2)
Current State:	This information relates only to the provision/s amending the Forests Act 1958

Water Amendment (Flood Mitigation) Act 2014, No. 53/2014

Assent Date:	12.8.14
Commencement Date:	S. 10 on 1.3.15: s. 2(2)
Current State:	This information relates only to the provision/s amending the Forests Act 1958

Emergency Management (Control of Response Activities and Other Matters) Act 2015, No. 43/2015

Assent Date:	22.9.15
Commencement Date:	S. 36 on 19.9.16: Special Gazette (No. 284) 13.9.16 p. 1
Current State:	This information relates only to the provision/s amending the Forests Act 1958

Crown Land Legislation Amendment (Canadian Regional Park and Other Matters) Act 2016, No. 12/2016

Assent Date:	5.4.16
Commencement Date:	Ss 20–26 on 1.12.16: s. 2(2)
Current State:	This information relates only to the provision/s amending the Forests Act 1958

Traditional Owner Settlement Amendment Act 2016, No. 67/2016

Assent Date:	15.11.16
Commencement Date:	S. 31 on 1.5.17: s. 2(2)
Current State:	This information relates only to the provision/s amending the Forests Act 1958

Victorian Fisheries Authority Act 2016, No. 68/2016

Assent Date:	15.11.16
Commencement Date:	S. 166 on 1.7.17: s. 2(2)
Current State:	This information relates only to the provision/s amending the Forests Act 1958

Justice Legislation Amendment (Court Security, Juries and Other Matters) Act 2017, No. 38/2017

Assent Date:	29.8.17
Commencement Date:	S. 62 on 30.8.17: s. 2(1)
Current State:	This information relates only to the provision/s amending the Forests Act 1958

Yarra River Protection (Wilip-gin Birrarung murron) Act 2017, No. 49/2017

Assent Date:	26.9.17
Commencement Date:	Ss 76, 77 on 1.12.17: s. 2(3)
Current State:	This information relates only to the provision/s amending the Forests Act 1958

Parks and Crown Land Legislation Amendment Act 2017, No. 53/2017

Assent Date:	24.10.17
Commencement Date:	S. 76 on 15.12.17: Special Gazette (No. 433) 12.12.17 p. 1
Current State:	This information relates only to the provision/s amending the Forests Act 1958

Oaths and Affirmations Act 2018, No. 6/2018

Assent Date:	27.2.18
Commencement Date:	S. 68(Sch. 2 item 58) on 1.3.19: s. 2(2)
Current State:	This information relates only to the provision/s amending the Forests Act 1958

Planning and Environment Amendment (Distinctive Areas and Landscapes) Act 2018, No. 17/2018

Assent Date:	29.5.18
Commencement Date:	Ss 13, 14 on 30.5.18: s. 2
Current State:	This information relates only to the provision/s amending the Forests Act 1958

Parks Victoria Act 2018, No. 19/2018

Assent Date:	5.6.18
Commencement Date:	Ss 103–135 on 12.9.18: Special Gazette (No. 386) 21.8.18 p. 1
Current State:	This information relates only to the provision/s amending the Forests Act 1958

Great Ocean Road and Environs Protection Act 2020, No. 19/2020

Assent Date:	23.6.20
Commencement Date:	Ss 89−91 on 1.12.20: s. 2(2)
Current State:	This information relates only to the provision/s amending the Forests Act 1958

Justice Legislation Amendment (Supporting Victims and Other Matters) Act 2020, No. 35/2020

Assent Date:	17.11.20
Commencement Date:	Ss 51, 52 on 18.11.20: s. 2(1)
Current State:	This information relates only to the provision/s amending the Forests Act 1958

Parks and Crown Land Legislation Amendment Act 2020, No. 40/2020

Assent Date:	1.12.20
Commencement Date:	S. 31 on 15.12.20: Special Gazette (No. 666) 15.12.20 p. 1; ss 32−34 on 1.9.21: s. 2(2)
Current State:	This information relates only to the provision/s amending the Forests Act 1958

Forests Legislation Amendment (Compliance and Enforcement) Act 2021, No. 38/2021

Assent Date:	12.10.21
Commencement Date:	Ss 13–22 on 1.3.22: s. 2(2)
Current State:	This information relates only to the provision/s amending the Forests Act 1958

Great Ocean Road and Environs Protection Amendment Act 2021, No. 42/2021

Assent Date:	19.10.21
Commencement Date:	Ss 62−84 on 1.9.22: s. 2(2)
Current State:	This information relates only to the provision/s amending the Forests Act 1958

Suburban Rail Loop Act 2021, No. 43/2021

Assent Date:	19.10.21
Commencement Date:	S. 219(Sch. 1 item 6) on 1.12.21: Special Gazette (No. 649) 23.11.21 p. 1
Current State:	This information relates only to the provision/s amending the Forests Act 1958

Forests Amendment (Forest Firefighters Presumptive Rights Compensation) Act 2021, No. 46/2021

Assent Date:	3.11.21
Commencement Date:	Ss 4–9 on 14.9.22: s. 2(2)
Current State:	This information relates only to the provision/s amending the Forests Act 1958

Alpine Resorts Legislation Amendment Act 2022, No. 9/2022

Assent Date:	16.3.22
Commencement Date:	S. 42 on 1.10.22: Special Gazette (No. 371) 26.7.22 p. 1
Current State:	This information relates only to the provision/s amending the Forests Act 1958

Statute Law Amendment (References to the Sovereign) Act 2023, No. 25/2023

Assent Date:	5.9.23
Commencement Date:	S. 7(Sch. 1 item 15) on 6.9.23: s. 2
Current State:	This information relates only to the provision/s amending the Forests Act 1958

Justice Legislation Amendment Act 2023, No. 26/2023

Assent Date:	10.10.23
Commencement Date:	S. 27 on 11.10.23: s. 2(1)
Current State:	This information relates only to the provision/s amending the Forests Act 1958

Statute Law Revision Act 2024, No. 13/2024

Assent Date:	23.4.24
Commencement Date:	S. 3(Sch. 1 item 5) on 24.4.24: s. 2
Current State:	This information relates only to the provision/s amending the Forests Act 1958

Sustainable Forests (Timber) Repeal Act 2024, No. 24/2024

Assent Date:	25.6.24
Commencement Date:	Ss 19–29, 41–61 on 1.7.24: Special Gazette (No. 345) 25.6.24 p. 1
Current State:	This information relates only to the provision/s amending the Forests Act 1958

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Metric Conversion (Forests Act) Regulations 1974, S.R. No. 258/1974

Date of Making:	19.6.74
Date of Commencement:	30.6.74: reg. 1

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Government Gazette     16 January 1997 page 128

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    3     Explanatory details

^[1] Ss 9–17:

Heading preceding s. 9 repealed by No. 96/1994 s. 56(a).

Ss 9, 10 repealed by No. 41/1987 s. 103(Sch. 4 item 24.17).

S. 11 amended by Nos 6471 s. 3 (as amended by No. 6489 s. 4), 6624 s. 4(a)(b), 7054 s. 3(a)(b), 7356 s. 3(a)(b), 7581 s. 5(a)(b), 7954 s. 4(a)(b), 8082 s. 3(1), repealed by No. 41/1987 s. 103(Sch. 4 item 24.17).

S. 12 repealed by No. 41/1987 s. 103(Sch. 4 item 24.17).

S. 13 amended by No. 9019 s. 2(1)(Sch. item 76), repealed by No. 41/1987 s. 103(Sch. 4 item 24.17).

Ss 14, 15 repealed by No. 41/1987 s. 103(Sch. 4 item 24.17).

S. 16 amended by Nos 9576 s. 11(1), 9615 s. 2, 10235 s. 3(a), repealed by No. 41/1987 s. 103(Sch. 4 item 24.17).

S. 17 amended by Nos 9019 s. 2(1)(Sch. item 76), 9615 s. 3(1)(a)(i)(ii)(b)(2), repealed by No. 41/1987 s. 103(Sch. 4 item 24.17).

^[2] Ss 23–26:

S. 23 amended by Nos 7674 s. 2, 8587 s. 4, 9417 s. 3(1)(a)(b)(2), repealed by No. 41/1987 s. 103(Sch. 4 item 24.28).

Ss 24–26 repealed by No. 41/1987 s. 103(Sch. 4 item 24.28).

^[3] Ss 30–37:

S. 30 amended by Nos 6976 s. 6(1), 9549 s. 2(1)(Sch. item 63), repealed by No. 9861 s. 3(1).

S. 31 amended by No. 6976 s. 6(2), repealed by No. 41/1987 s. 103(Sch. 4 item 24.34).

S. 32 amended by No. 8035 s. 5, repealed by No. 41/1987 s. 103(Sch. 4 item 24.34).

S. 32A inserted by No. 6976 s. 6(3), substituted by No. 9861 s. 3(1), repealed by No. 41/1987 s. 103(Sch. 4 item 24.35).

S. 32AA inserted by No. 9861 s. 3(1), repealed by No. 41/1987 s. 103(Sch. 4 item 24.36).

S. 33 amended by Nos 6976 s. 6(4), 9549 s. 2(1)(Sch. item 63), repealed by No. 41/1987 s. 103(Sch. 4 item 24.37).

Heading preceding s. 34 repealed by No. 96/1994 s. 56(c).

Ss 34–36 repealed by No. 41/1987 s. 103(Sch. 4 item 24.37).

S. 37 amended by No. 10087 s. 3(1)(Sch. 1 item 79), repealed by No. 41/1987 s. 103(Sch. 4 item 24.37).

^[4] Ss 38A, 39:

S. 38A inserted by No. 8035 s. 6, amended by No. 121/1986 s. 112, repealed by No. 41/1987 s. 103(Sch. 4 item 24.39).

Heading preceding s. 39 repealed by No. 96/1994 s. 56(d).

S. 39 amended by No. 9019 s. 2(1)(Sch. item 75), repealed by No. 41/1987 s. 103(Sch. 4 item 24.40).

^[5] S. 48(1): Refer to section 5 of the Decimal Currency Act 1965, No. 7315 (repealed).

^[6] S. 63(5): See note 5.

^[7] Ss 86, 87:

S. 86 amended by Nos 9549 s. 2(1)(Sch. item 63), 41/1987 s. 103(Sch. 4 item 24.99), 13/1990 s. 40(g), repealed by No. 89/1994 s. 37.

S. 87 amended by Nos 41/1987 s. 103(Sch. 4 item 24.100), 13/1990 s. 40(h), repealed by No. 89/1994 s. 37.

^[8] S. 91(b): See note 5.

^[9] S. 94A (repealed): Section 114 of the Conservation, Forests and Lands Act 1987, No. 41/1987 reads as follows:

        114     Continuation of section 94A of the Forests Act 1958

If before the date of commencement of item 24.107 of Schedule 4—

        (a)     an advance was made; or

        (b)     an agreement was entered into; or

        (c)     a caveat was lodged—

under section 94A of the Forests Act 1958, that section as in force immediately before the date of commencement of that item continues to apply on and after that date to that advance, agreement or caveat, despite the repeal of that section by this Act.