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Conservation, Forests and Lands Amendment Bill 2022

     Conservation, Forests and Lands Amendment
                      Act 2022
                               No.        of 2022


                       TABLE OF PROVISIONS
Clause                                                         Page

Part 1--Preliminary                                                1
 1        Purposes                                                1
 2        Commencement                                            2
Part 2--Amendment of Conservation, Forests and Lands Act 1987      3
 3        Power to make Codes of Practice                         3
 4        Availability of Code of Practice                        4
Part 3--Repeal of this Act                                         5
 5        Repeal of this Act                                      5
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Endnotes                                                          6
 1       General information                                      6




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     Conservation, Forests and Lands
         Amendment Act 2022  
                    No.           of 2022

                           [Assented to                          ]


The Parliament of Victoria enacts:

                Part 1--Preliminary
     1 Purposes
             The main purpose of this Act is to amend the
             Conservation, Forests and Lands Act 1987 to--
              (a) provide that a Code of Practice may apply,
                  adopt or incorporate any matter contained in
                  any document, standard, rule, specification
                  or method as amended from time to time;
                  and




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  Conservation, Forests and Lands Amendment Act 2022
                    No.       of 2022
                 Part 1--Preliminary


        (b) provide that a Code of Practice may confer a
            discretionary authority on the Minister or the
            Secretary; and
        (c) provide that a Code of Practice may leave
            any matter or thing to be from time to time
            approved, determined, dispensed with or
            regulated by the Minister or the Secretary;
            and
        (d) make further provision for other minor
            related matters.
2 Commencement
       This Act comes into operation on the day after the
       day on which it receives the Royal Assent.




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                      No.       of 2022
Part 2--Amendment of Conservation, Forests and Lands Act 1987



Part 2--Amendment of Conservation,
     Forests and Lands Act 1987
 3 Power to make Codes of Practice
     (1) In section 31(2)(b) of the Conservation, Forests
         and Lands Act 1987, for "then." substitute "then;
         or".
     (2) After section 31(2)(b) of the Conservation,
         Forests and Lands Act 1987 insert--
         "(c) as formulated, issued, prescribed or
              published from time to time.".
     (3) After section 31(2) of the Conservation, Forests
         and Lands Act 1987 insert--
         "(3) If under subsection (2)(c) a Code of Practice
              has applied, adopted or incorporated any
              matter contained in any document, standard,
              rule, specification or method as formulated,
              issued, prescribed or published from time to
              time and that document, standard, rule,
              specification or method is at any time
              amended, the document, standard, rule,
              specification or method is for the purpose of
              the Code of Practice to be taken to have not
              been so amended until notice of the
              amendment is published in the Government
              Gazette.
          (4) A Code of Practice may do the following--
                 (a) confer a discretionary authority on the
                     Minister or the Secretary;
                 (b) leave any matter or thing to be from
                     time to time approved, determined,
                     dispensed with or regulated by the
                     Minister or the Secretary.".




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                      No.       of 2022
Part 2--Amendment of Conservation, Forests and Lands Act 1987


 4 Availability of Code of Practice
          At the end of section 38 of the Conservation,
          Forests and Lands Act 1987 insert--
         "(2) An amended document, standard, rule,
              specification or method, formulated, issued,
              prescribed or published that is applied,
              adopted or incorporated by a Code of
              Practice must be published on the Internet
              site of the Department.
          (3) An approval, determination, dispensation or
              regulation under section 31(4) must be
              published on the Internet site of the
              Department as soon as practicable after its
              making.".




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                     No.       of 2022
                 Part 3--Repeal of this Act



         Part 3--Repeal of this Act
5 Repeal of this Act
         This Act is repealed on the first anniversary of its
         commencement.
  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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                               No.       of 2022
                                        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
      Conservation, Forests and Lands Act 1987 in relation to Codes of
      Practice and for other purposes."




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