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Western Australia LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL (Introduced by Hon C. Sharp) High Conservation Value Forest Protection Bill 1999 A Bill for An Act to ensure Parliamentary approval of a Regional Forest Agreement. The Parliament of Western Australia enacts as follows: 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the High Conservation Value Forest Protection Act 1999. page 1 77 -- 1 High Conservation Value Forest Protection Bill 1999 s. 2 2. Commencement This Act comes into operation on the day on which it receives the Royal Assent. 3. Definitions 5 In this Act -- "high conservation value forest" means forest that is -- (a) old growth forest as shown on the map entitled "Old Growth Forest" and published by the Department of Conservation and Land Management in 1998 as part 10 of the Comprehensive Regional Assessment Report; (b) in a place that is on the Register of the National Estate or the Interim List for the Register of the National Estate established under the Australian Heritage Commission Act 1975 of the 15 Commonwealth; or (c) one of those areas of State Forest defined in Schedules 1 to 3, being areas identified by local communities as having high conservation value. "logging operations" means -- 20 (a) the felling of trees for commercial purposes; or (b) an operation preparatory or incidental to the felling of trees for commercial purposes. "Regional Forest Agreement" means the agreement referred to in clause 1 of the Scoping Agreement for a Western 25 Australian Regional Forest Agreement which Scoping Agreement was signed by the Premier of Western Australia and the Prime Minister of Australia on 3 July 1996. "State Forest" has the meaning given by section 3 of the Conservation and Land Management Act 1984. page 2 High Conservation Value Forest Protection Bill 1999 s. 4 4. Act binds the Crown This Act binds the Crown. 5. Relationship to other written laws This Act has effect notwithstanding any provision of any other 5 written law. 6. Restriction on logging operations in high conservation value forest (1) A person must not undertake logging operations in a high conservation value forest unless -- 10 (a) the Regional Forest Agreement executed by or on behalf of the State of Western Australia is tabled in both Houses of Parliament; (b) 28 sitting days have elapsed since the Regional Forest Agreement was last tabled; and 15 (c) each House of Parliament has approved the Regional Forest Agreement by resolution passed after 14 sitting day's notice of the motion for the resolution has been given. Penalty: $500,000 20 (2) For the purposes of subsection (1)(c), notice of motion must not be given before the end of the period described in subsection (1)(b). (3) If either House of Parliament does not pass a resolution as described in this section approving a Regional Forest 25 Agreement an amended Regional Forest Agreement may be tabled in both Houses for their approval. page 3 High Conservation Value Forest Protection Bill 1999 s. 7 7. Enforcement Any person may bring proceedings in the Supreme Court of Western Australia to -- (a) prosecute for an offence against section 6; or 5 (b) obtain an interim or final injunction to restrain any threatened breach of section 6. page 4 High Conservation Value Forest Protection Bill 1999 Schedule 1 Schedule 1 Kerr Forest page 5 High Conservation Value Forest Protection Bill 1999 Schedule 2 Schedule 2 Hester Forest page 6 High Conservation Value Forest Protection Bill 1999 Schedule 3 Schedule 3 Proposed Wellington National Park
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