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sch.3-sec.63Existing directions, notices and orders given by inspectors, authorised persons or forest officers
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### sch.3-sec.63 Existing directions, notices and orders given by inspectors, authorised persons or forest officers
This section applies to a direction, notice or order given before the commencement to a person by an inspector or authorised person under a previous provision of a repealed Act or the amended Act, or by a forest officer under the Forestry Act 1959 , whether or not the person had received the direction, notice or order before the commencement, if there is no corresponding provision for the previous provision.
If the direction, notice or order imposed an obligation on the person immediately before the commencement, the obligation continues to apply according to its terms as if this Act had not been enacted.
If the direction, notice or order stated a period for doing something—
the stated period continues to apply for doing the thing; and
the period continues to have started from when the period started under the previous provision of the repealed Act or the amended Act.
If the direction, notice or order stated a day before which, or by which, a thing is to be done (however expressed), the thing must be done by the stated day.
(sch.3-sec.63-ssec.1) This section applies to a direction, notice or order given before the commencement to a person by an inspector or authorised person under a previous provision of a repealed Act or the amended Act, or by a forest officer under the Forestry Act 1959 , whether or not the person had received the direction, notice or order before the commencement, if there is no corresponding provision for the previous provision.
(sch.3-sec.63-ssec.2) If the direction, notice or order imposed an obligation on the person immediately before the commencement, the obligation continues to apply according to its terms as if this Act had not been enacted.
(sch.3-sec.63-ssec.3) If the direction, notice or order stated a period for doing something— the stated period continues to apply for doing the thing; and the period continues to have started from when the period started under the previous provision of the repealed Act or the amended Act.
(sch.3-sec.63-ssec.4) If the direction, notice or order stated a day before which, or by which, a thing is to be done (however expressed), the thing must be done by the stated day.
- (a) the stated period continues to apply for doing the thing; and
- (b) the period continues to have started from when the period started under the previous provision of the repealed Act or the amended Act.