Forest Practices (Private Timber Reserves Validation) Act 1999
5Validation of certain actions relating to applications pending
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5 Validation of certain actions relating to applications pending
(1) A power or function that a person exercised or performed or purportedly exercised or performed before the commencement day in relation to an application, pursuant to a delegation or purported delegation by the Board, is taken to have been validly exercised or performed by that person as a delegate of the Board.
(2) A power or function that a person exercised or performed or purportedly exercised or performed before the commencement day in relation to an application, pursuant to an authorisation or purported authorisation to act on behalf of the Board, is taken to have been validly exercised or performed by the Board.
(3) Subsections (1) and (2) have effect subject to any finding or order of a court or tribunal made before the commencement day.