125Savings and transitional provision—Repeal of Sustainable Forests (Timber) Act 2004

125 Savings and transitional provision—Repeal of Sustainable Forests (Timber) Act 2004

(1) In this section—

commencement day means the day on which Part 2 of the Sustainable Forests (Timber) Repeal Act 2024 comes into operation.

(2) On the commencement day, the determination under section 6 of the Sustainable Forests (Timber) Act 2004 published in the Government Gazette on 21 June 2007 is taken to be a determination under section 40A.

(3) For the purposes of subsection (2), as soon as practicable after the commencement day, the Minister must—

(a) publish in the Government Gazette—

(i) a copy of the determination; and

(ii) a notice that a determination is taken to have been made under section 40A; and

(b) publish in a newspaper circulating generally within the State, a notice that a determination is taken to have been made under section 40A.

(4) On the commencement day, a report under section 8 of the Sustainable Forests (Timber) Act 2004 relating to the year 2023 is taken to be a report under section 40C relating to the same year.

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