Forest Practices Act 1985
40ACode of conduct for forest practices officers
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40A Code of conduct for forest practices officers
[Section 40A of Part VI Inserted by No. 25 of 2019, s. 24, Applied:07 Oct 2019]
(1) The Board may prepare a code of conduct.
(2) The Board is, in preparing a code of conduct, to consult with the Forest Practices Advisory Council and forest practices officers.
(3) The Board may issue a code of conduct prepared under subsection (1) if –
(a) the Minister has laid a copy of the code of conduct before each House of Parliament; and
(b) the code of conduct has not been disallowed by a House of Parliament under subsection (4) .
(4) A House of Parliament may, within 5 sitting-days after a copy of the code of conduct has been laid before the House under subsection (3)(a) , disallow the code of conduct.
(5) The Board may revoke a code of conduct.
(6) As soon as practicable after the Board issues or revokes a code of conduct, the Board must cause notice of the issue or revocation to be published in the Gazette or in another manner that the Board considers appropriate.