Forest Practices Act 1985
6Notice of application, &c.
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6 Notice of application, &c.
(1) [Section 6 Subsection (1) amended by No. 19 of 2024, s. 6, Applied:02 Oct 2024] [Section 6 Subsection (1) amended by No. 55 of 2004, s. 32, Applied:01 Jul 2005] *[Section 6 Subsection (1) amended by No. 29 of 1994, s. 35 and Sched. 1 ]*Where an application for the declaration of land as a private timber reserve has been made in accordance with section 5 , other than for a minor boundary extension, the Authority is to cause a notice containing the prescribed particulars to be published in the daily newspapers published in this State and a copy of the notice to be sent to the local authority exercising jurisdiction over the land and any local authority exercising jurisdiction over any land adjacent to that land.
(2) *[Section 6 Subsection (2) amended by No. 29 of 1994, s. 35 and Sched. 1 ]*For the purposes of subsection (1) , prescribed particulars means –
(a) a description of the area of land to which the application relates;
(b) [Section 6 Subsection (2) amended by No. 55 of 2004, s. 32, Applied:01 Jul 2005] a statement advising that objections to the declaration as a private timber reserve of the area of land described in the advertisement may be lodged with the Authority by the date specified in the notice, being a date not earlier than 28 days after the date on which the notice is published in the newspaper; and
(c) [Section 6 Subsection (2) amended by No. 55 of 2004, s. 32, Applied:01 Jul 2005] such other particulars of the application as the Authority considers necessary.
(3) *[Section 6 Subsection (3) amended by No. 29 of 1994, s. 35 and Sched. 1 ]*Any person may, on payment of the fee prescribed in the regulations, inspect an application made under section 5 at the office of Private Forests Tasmania.